Category archives for: Opinion

Viewpoint: State not friendly to success

Phil Mickelson, one of America’s favorite golfers, recently made national headlines when he hinted that his family may have to leave California because of our high tax rates. Startlingly, he indicated that the government now takes nearly 60 cents of each and every dollar he earns.

Guest column: Recent research provides some answers to autism

Just two decades ago, autism was a mysterious and somewhat obscure disorder, commonly associated with the movie “Rain Man” and savantism. It affected an estimated 1 in 5,000 children.

Letters to the Editor: Issue of April 11, 2013

It’s unfortunate that individuals can gain a foothold on this forum and spew venom that is in reality the true fantasy and not fact.

Guest column: Boiling the frog

Each time we surrender, voluntarily or otherwise, some liberty or individual right, the flame below gets a wee bit warmer.

Editorial: “Thumbs” for March

THUMBS UP to the three educators who on March 20 were named “Teachers of the Year” in the Poway Unified School District.

Letters to the editor: April 3, 2013

The Republican right wing is still flogging the dead horse hitched to their crazy conspiracy theory.

Letters to the editor: March 28, 2013

Passing new laws on gun control would only infringe on the rights granted to us by the Second Amendment in the Constitution.

Editorial: Proposed legislation could kill newspapers

We join a growing list of community newspapers in asking our readers to write in opposition a bill that, if passed, could literally put many of us out of business.

Guest column: It’s time to require background checks of youth league coaches

As parents, our children are the most precious things in our lives, and we can’t help but worry about them whenever they are not with us. Whether it’s when we drop them off at school, a friend’s house, or at evening sports practice, we want to be as certain as we can that they are safe.

Letters to the Editor: Issue of March 21, 2013

I have written a couple letters disagreeing with things Dick Lyles has said in a couple of his columns. This letter is in support of his column that pointed out the vulgarity and juvenile mindlessness of the Academy Awards ceremony as personified by the jerk who was the host of that far too long exercise in unjustified self approval.

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