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Guns, Followed By Roses:

August 4, 2012

August 4, 2012

When you’ve been given both the privilege and the responsibility to write a newspaper column piece on a regular basis,...

Dropout Report Better, But Still Has Holes:

August 4, 2012

August 4, 2012

A combination of computerized tracking and public pressure have joined to make reporting of school dropouts in California the best...

Money’s There For A Start, Now Build Bullet Train The Right Way:

July 28, 2012

July 28, 2012

There’s little doubt the high speed rail plan passed as Proposition 1A in November 2008 was designed to pander to...

The Farmstands Of Vermont:

July 28, 2012

July 28, 2012

Hens were pecking at the grass in the yard. In the screened in room there were piles of beets and...

Putting A Fig Leaf Over ‘Paycheck Protection’:

July 21, 2012

July 21, 2012

At least the conservative interests behind the latest move to limit or eliminate the influence of labor unions in California...

The Planes Of Summer Burden Our Sky…:

July 21, 2012

July 21, 2012

In the mix with the buzzing insects, the jangly nursery rhyme music announcing the ice cream truck, and the occasional...

The Ringing Of The Bells: The Oldest Tradition In The United States:

July 14, 2012

July 14, 2012

From my pew in the choir loft of the First Congregational Church on Thetford Hill I looked at the comfortable,...

CSU Trustees Bordering On The Insensate:

July 14, 2012

July 14, 2012

It’s just not enough anymore to call the trustees of the California State University system insensitive or tone-deaf. Some of...

Lincoln Boulevard Developments Need More Parking Spaces: Letter To The Editor:

July 10, 2012

July 10, 2012

Dear Editor, According to NMS Properties, the developers of these two properties located at 1447 Lincoln Blvd., and 829 Broadway,...

GOP Must Change To Achieve Latino Pipe Dream:

July 7, 2012

July 7, 2012

As California begins to see the effects of new political districts and new candidate selection rules at many political levels,...