Tuesday, May 12


It may pay to spend after all

California Republicans, tax fighters and fiscal conservatives are still hurting from the slow-motion train wreck of a special election back in November. It wasn’t just the election outcome, the 0-4 smackdown that Gov. Read more...


Governor’s candor should be praised

Politicians everywhere have a new role model: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Please, ignore your disbelief and your urge to laugh for just a moment. Yes, during this past year his term did bear an uncanny resemblance to a disaster. Read more...



Letter to the editor

Capitalism needs moral defense It was nice to see Sara Triplett’s moral argument against minimum wage laws (“Raising minimum wage restricts worker, employer rights,” Jan. 9). Read more...



Public won’t back lab’s new role

It’s been a very merry Christmas for the UC Board of Regents. On Dec. 21, 2005 the limited liability corporation they formed with Bechtel National, BWX Technologies and Washington Group International was awarded the contract to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory for a seven-year term. Read more...