Dick Lyles: Sequestration was a joke; a bad idea in the first place
Any discussion of sequestration should start with the question “Was sequestration a good idea in the first place?”
May 16 2013 | Posted in Columnists | Read More »
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Amy Roost: ‘A self-imposed crisis that could have been averted’
I agree with Dick Lyles and President Obama that sequestration was a bad idea. It was designed to be. It is the fiscal equivalent of the Cold War mutually assured destruction or MAD concept.
May 16 2013 | Posted in Columnists | Read More »
Tom Elias: Immigration change for GOP vital, but not enough
Last fall’s overwhelming, more than 3-1 Latino vote for President Obama has at last gotten leading Republican politicians to realize they can’t permanently treat all 11 million undocumented immigrants like criminals.
May 10 2013 | Posted in Columnists | Read More »
Will Wooton: Easy for kids to obtain medical marijuana cards
In the last year I’ve seen more and more kids with medical marijuana cards. I asked each of them how they got it and I could not believe what I was told. Again and again I would hear how simple the process was to get a card and what the kids are doing with it.
May 8 2013 | Posted in Columnists | Read More »
Roost: Getting it wrong often leads to getting it right
The up-to-the-minute cable news era is in the process of being replaced.
May 2 2013 | Posted in Columnists | Read More »
Emery: We didn’t know we were racists
What was great about the film “42″ was its ability to move me, to bring back memories, both good and bad, about a period in my life when I was a racist and didn’t know it.
May 1 2013 | Posted in Columnists | Read More »
Viewpoint: No secrecy about Common Core Standards
This is in response to the April 18 story, “Conservatives fret over proposed PUSD standards”: There is no secrecy; any information needed or wanted regarding the Common Core Standards is readily available to the general public.
Apr 25 2013 | Posted in Columnists | Read More »
Barry Cronin: Disappointment 101
Perhaps school systems should consider including disappointment as a mandatory subject within their respective core curriculum. For the sake of this discussion, let us refer to it simply as “Disappointment 101.”
Apr 25 2013 | Posted in Columnists | Read More »
Tom Elias: San Onofre helps fuel anti-nuke initiative
The operators of both the San Onofre Nuclear Power Station and the nuclear waste reservation at Hanford, Wash., could not be doing better if they actually wanted to promote a new prospective ballot initiative aimed at keeping San Onofre offline and also shutting down Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s Diablo Canyon power plant.
Apr 24 2013 | Posted in Columnists | Read More »
Roost on VA: Not making our veterans a priority is poor leadership
It has gotten to the point where there must something more than what meets the eye going on at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Apr 17 2013 | Posted in Columnists | Read More »
