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It's the season for peace talks in the Middle East, as the region watches the clock and waits for the departure of the Bush administration. Read Full Artice...
BARACK Obama is looking for a way to convince Latino voters that he is simpatico. He may have found it thanks to the cover of The New Yorker.
During the primaries, Obama tried to equate civil rights leader Rev. Read Full Artice...
STATE Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O'Connell, said it best after announcing that new state data on dropout rates indicates one in four students quit high school altogether; He said, "This is a crisis. Read Full Artice...
IN late May, as negotiations between the Monrovia Police Officers' Association and the city of Monrovia were once again heating up, I authored a column in this space urging the city to abandon its method of calculating police officer pay ("Monrovia. Read Full Artice...
A wave of material thefts involving such metals as iron, steel, copper, bronze and aluminum has prompted the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. to warn cities, counties and state governments to beware. Read Full Artice...
`WHAT do you say to a child who has lost one leg and both parents?" The question was posed to me by a young surgeon at the Shanghai Children's Medical Center. Read Full Artice...
DESPITE a report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom that the Islamic Saudi Academy in Alexandria, Va., has continued to use textbooks that teach hatred of everyone not of their specific brand of faith, the U.S. Read Full Artice...
A Los Angeles Times editorial accused County Supervisor Gloria Molina of being "parochial" and an "obstructionist" because she advocates for protecting the regional distribution of revenue under the proposed sales tax measure. Read Full Artice...
IF any of these things happen to you, run, don't walk, to the nearest metaphoric exit:
A guy on a street corner tries to sell you a gold watch.
A "financial adviser" promises you double-digit returns on your investment. Read Full Artice...
WHAT are we taxpayers getting for our money, as we bail out the geniuses who have run some of our leading financial institutions into the ground? The Treasury is extending a reported $300 billion line of credit to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but what do. Read Full Artice...
SAY what you want about the messenger, Americans had better heed the message.
Maybe former Sen. Phil Gramm isn't the best person to make the case that much of America's economic gloom is self-inflicted. Read Full Artice...
THIS election year, many will call for "universal health care" - promising that it's a simple solution to problems we face. But the facts prove otherwise. Read Full Artice...
SWIMMING pools have always been associated with summertime fun and relaxation for families across the country - until the unthinkable happens. Read Full Artice...
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