Editorials

Our View: Audit the Fed? It’s about time

Transparency better approach than secrecy

Texas Rep. Ron Paul, whose spirited campaign for the Republican presidential nomination last year elicited a great deal of enthusiasm and intensity but not nearly enough votes, has used his newfound prominence (coupled with deep concern over the ongoing... Full story

Other Views: Congressional earmarks should be abolished

Miami Herald editorial Back in 2006, when she was leading the charge to wrest control of the House of Representatives from Republicans, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., got a lot of mileage out of claiming that a “culture of corruption” prevailed... Full story

Michael S. Green: Ante up for the local economy

By Michael S. Green/Editor

To understand the recession properly, go play some Texas Hold ‘Em. Poker is more fun than Economics 101 – and no less challenging. Let’s start with the visuals: A slick dealer sits at an oval table covered in green felt. Nine players... Full story

Our View: Headed for the exits

Manufacturers taking jobs out of California

The state’s Democrats have long downplayed the argument by Republicans that the state’s punitive tax and regulatory climate is sending jobs to other states. Yet a new report, by the Milken Institute on behalf of the California Manufacturing... Full story

Thomas D. Elias: Lack of trust fuels state budget fights

By Thomas D. Elias

It’s easy to finger ideology and campaign money as reasons behind the seemingly endless deadlocks and battles and threats encountered every year en route to devising the state budget. Democrats, it shortly becomes obvious, can be counted on to... Full story

Our view: Evidence abounds of economic turnaround

It’s good news that Chapman University’s economic team forecasts an imminent end to the longest recession since World War II. Even so, many more Californians can expect to lose their jobs before employment numbers turn positive next year,... Full story

Martha R. Carr: Fathers deserve heartfelt thanks

This is the holiday where we celebrate the men in our lives that have guided and mentored us through all of the ups and downs life has to offer. Some of them we actually call Dad, but many have been good men who stepped in to fill the wingtips of an absent... Full story

Thomas D. Elias: Expect gubernatorial contest surprises

By Thomas D. Elias

There have already been plenty of surprises in the ongoing contest to become the next governor of California, and chances are there will be plenty more. For 2010 marks the first campaign since 1998 with no incumbent involved, and that situation always... Full story

Our View: Democrats finally see cuts needed

Stop the presses! Six Democrats joined four Republicans this week to unanimously call for eliminating several state agencies. Could they finally be getting it right in Sacramento? What would Ronald Reagan think of such a proposal from the state government... Full story

Mary Wells: Reservoir would help ease water crisis

When my family purchased our ranch 35 years ago in the small foothill community of Sites, we knew there were discussions to flood our land and make it a reservoir. Even so, we hoped we could continue to ranch here for generations to come.  We... Full story

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