July 10, 2026
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Ask Rusty – Spousal Benefits Lost

Dear Rusty, I took my Social Security at 62 since I had to stop working to care for my mom when I was 57.  I was widowed at the time but remarried when I was […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

A Better World With Video?

By Steve Stajich   A few notes about our experience of life becoming more dependent on video imagery before we go in on police body cameras: It wasn’t all that long ago that something occurred […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

No Limit To State Parties’ Money Laundering

By Tom Elias Just in case anyone wonders what the real issue was in the very close race between Eric Bauman and Kimberly Ellis over who would become the next chairperson of the California Democratic […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Easy, Tiger

By Steve Stajich   Oh the sadness and disappointment when our heroes sometimes trip and fall, revealing that they are normal size and strength humans just like us. Of course it’s our own fault for […]

Ask Rusty – Social Security Isn’t Welfare

Dear Rusty, I receive Social Security, but I still go in the hole to the tune of about $300 per month!  I hear some people describing Social Security as “welfare” but I resent that description.  […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

The 21st Century Can’t Be Bonded

By Steve Stajich   Baby boomers can have a rough time of it some days. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. We embrace two terms of Obama as a clear and permanent turn in […]