Opinion
- Letter: Honesty best policy, even at Wal-Mart
- Somewhere in Glenn County there is a kind and honest person and I wish to say thank you.
On June 4, I accidentally dropped my checkbook in the Wal-Mart parking lot. It was picked up and turned in at the courtesy counter and a note was left under my windshield... Full story
- Letter: Harlem Ambassadors enjoyed Orland visit
- On May 7, the Rotary Club of Orland hosted the Harlem Ambassadors professional show basketball team for a night of high-flying slam dunks, hilarious comedy and feel-good family entertainment.
The Harlem Ambassadors would like to extend a special thank... Full story
- Letter: Mill Street School appreciates readers
- Mill Street School celebrating reading in March. We were delighted to have police Chief Bob Pasero read “The Cat in the Hat” to our students March 20. Thank you, Chief Pasero.
The teachers and students at Mill Street School would also like... Full story
- Letter: Peterich family offers thanks for support
- The family of John Peterich would like to thank our family and friends for the food, flowers and support during his illness.
A special thanks to Enloe Medical Center.
Also thanks to the Willows Fire Department and St. Monica’s YLS for making Dad’s... Full story
- Letter: Consumption feeds drug violence
- After ministering for over 15 years in Mexico prisons and barrios, the thought that Mexico is causing the violence at the border is very one-sided. Tons of drugs come to USA each week for our consumption. We don’t need to stop the violence but stop... Full story
- 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