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Governor’s fortunes revived with Prop. 11 win
Few people whose names were not on this month’s ballot had as much at stake in the vote as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who pinned a lot of his credibility to the Proposition 11 drive for redistricting reform....
Mandate for change will test Obama
In the days following the terror attack of Sept. 11, 2001, if someone would have predicted that in seven years a black man named Barack Hussein Obama would be the next president of the United States, you would have said that person was crazy....
My opinion, your opinion; we're on the same page
A lot of folks, myself included, have already cast their absentee ballots, so it’s hard to get all that excited as the election cycle hits top speed. The last thing anyone needs is one more opinion about how to vote....
Our View: State ballot a vexing proposition
Proposition 1A – NoHigh-speed passenger train bondThis proposition would authorize issuing $9.95 billion in general-obligation bonds as a small down payment for a high-speed passenger train between Los Angeles and San Francisco. To call this project a boondoggle would be an understatement. Pro...
Obama’s ‘tax cuts’ too costly
Sen. Barack Obama proposes a welfare plan that will transfer billions of dollars from those who earned it to others who didn’t....
Immigrants didn’t cause crisis
We are just now beginning to see the scapegoating that was probably inevitable in the great American banking crisis, just as it always seems to follow after any man-made disaster....
Governor sees green, turns Brown
In his zeal to battle global warming, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed one of the most authoritarian, far-reaching and elitist bills that has ever made it to the governor’s desk, a piece of environmental extremism that’s designed to make it more difficult for Californians to be able...
Harvesting hope for rice farmers
After months of care and labor, my farm and others in the area have reached the most critical and exciting part of the year – harvest....
Everyone should have right to wed
Proposition 8 on the November ballot at least has the virtue of being short and simple. It would amend the California constitution to say, “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” The story behind it, however, is not so simple....
Recession hits south of border
There is no doubt about it: The ongoing American recession has greatly reduced job opportunities in this country for illegal immigrants....
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