Commentary
- Op-Ed: American exceptionalism is alive and well
- Douglas Binderup
- "American exceptionalism" — we have all heard the expression and have our own idea as to what that means. But I believe we can all agree that the term "American exceptionalism" would easily apply to Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple Compu... Full story
- Mike Hubbartt: An appeal to preserve, protect the Sutter Buttes
- Mike Hubbartt
- The upcoming election, like the dawn of a new day, presents for us a new opportunity to complain about an on-going problem or to take some steps to make a difference in our day and in our life. The issues before us and the decisions we make today &md... Full story
- Our View: Thumbs up, thumbs down
- Thumbs down to the disgraceful actions on the baseball diamond last week that led to the punishment of eight Yuba City High School junior varsity baseball players. In addition to being kicked off the team, the players will serve a five-day suspension... Full story
- Ron Hart: Temptation of the Tebow
- Sports in America continues to grow, mainly because it is an entertainment business. With ESPN 1 through 50 and sports talk radio, coverage has evolved into tabloid intrigue. Pundits in overly striped suits speculate on their previous speculations al... Full story
- Connie Schultz: Blogging the cost of war
- America has roughly 1.1 million military spouses.
Alison Buckholtz is one of them. Twice in recent weeks, breaking news left the self-described Navy wife reeling.
First, she heard that Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, on his fourth deployment, had been acc... Full story
- So you want to be an astronaut?
- Chicago Tribune
- "... The idea here ... seemed to be that a man should have the ability to go up in a hurtling piece of machinery and put his hide on the line and then have the moxie, the reflexes, the experience, the coolness, to pull it back in the last yawnin... Full story
- Op-Ed: Reaping the consequences of California's S.B. 48
- Art Fruhling
- Under the guise of anti-bullying, the recent signing of Senate Bill 48 into law, in my opinion, is a significant threat to the health of our educational system (K-12) in California. S.B. 48 mandated that at beginning of 2012, California schools must ... Full story
- Our View: A letter from the publisher
- Larry Riley
- Another year and another chapter comes to a close for our community, nation and world. Fittingly, much is to be celebrated during this time of year, and it's important to reach out to those very special people and organizations who make a difference ... Full story
- Connie Shultz: Teens in foster care deserve a Christmas, too
- Remember how hard it was to be a teenager? All that angst and self-doubt, surrounded by family who didn't understand you.
Now try to imagine what it's like to be that teenager in foster care, at Christmas.
Jen Burrows is 28 now, but every December ... Full story
- Danny Tyree: Merry Christmas: The skirmish dissected
- Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. Season's Greetings. Like, Whatever, Dude.
I do not necessarily subscribe to the view that this devolution of yuletide messages represents a full-blown War On Christmas, unless you think of it as a faceless war of att... Full story
