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Time to lift offshore oil drilling ban
President Bush has lifted the executive ban on oil drilling on the outer continental shelf. The public increasingly sees the reasonableness of such a policy change. But no new drilling will occur as long as the Democrat congressional leadership remains...
Immigration debate leaves agriculture in limbo
he confluence of events was striking: On the same early summer day that the U.S. Senate’s powerful appropriations committee killed a bill allowing farmers to legally import badly needed foreign workers, President Bush’s labor secretary issued...
Tax dollars, faith don't mix well
It is widely acknowledged that President Bush’s program of “faith-based initiatives” – supplying government grants to religious organizations performing social service activities the government approves – has been something...
Got flag? Well, now you do
was driving around Orland on Memorial Day, looking for homeowners flying U.S. flags to do a short story. It was shorter than I expected because most of the homes were, shall we say, flag-challenged. That’s no disrespect to Orland; you could see...
Dreams, rights not the same
In the light of a modest civil liberties victory last week with the Supreme Court’s acknowledgment (barely) of the Second Amendment, it’s important to remember this Independence Day that rights are not assigned to us or given to us by the...
Calilfornia focus of new battle over states' rights
here was a time when the phrase “states’ rights” was code for trampling on the rights of individuals. That was during the great 20th Century civil rights battle, when many states asserted they had the right to prevent some citizens from...
Ideologues profit form gas 'crisis'
To most Americans, rapidly rising gasoline prices are a serious budget problem but something less than a cataclysm. No one knows the future trajectory of gas prices, but Americans do know how to deal with their budgets until gas prices moderate. We will...
Casino profits may not always benefit Indians
Almost any trip to the mailbox reveals just how wrong is the current perception that, because of proliferating casinos, most American Indians have now become wealthy. Mailed appeals arrive daily throughout California from charities like the American Indian...
Lawmakers don’t feel your pain
Imagine that the company you worked for was running massively in the red, and all employees were told that, to stay in business, everyone must take a pay cut. Now imagine the company's board of directors, already paid more than the bosses of all other...
Son of a ... good father
Get this: Dads are essential to kids.According to the National Fatherhood Initiative, kids who grow up without dads are more likely to grow up poor, drop out of school, end up in jail and encounter numerous other struggles in life than kids who grow up...
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