High-speed train is Solyndra on railsIf California really had $98 billion to spare, we could spend it on: 9,350,000 $500 iPads for every public school, junior college, and university student, each year for the next 21 years, or 40,000 $100,000 a year extra police or teacher salaries, each year for
Occupy Oakland has lost legitimacyThe Occupy Oakland people have forfeited any claim to legitimate protest or civil disobedience by attacking police officers, vandalizing public property and burning flags.
Komen Foundation made huge mistakeYour editorial on "Komen puts politics before women's health" was a very important one and definitely hit a home run with me.
Super PACs will have huge effect on electionYou had better believe super PACs will influence the outcome of elections. As Jesse Unruh, a former speaker of the Assembly, once said, "Money is the mother's milk of politics.
Not about envy, it's about fairnessThis is regarding Thomas Sowell's column and Robert Mayne's letter Jan. 20 in the Times.I cannot speak for the Occupy movement, so I'll speak for myself.
Anti-piracyAnti- piracy bill. Did I miss something?While your article of Jan. 19 was balanced and informative, there seems to be one primary fact missing:Who authored the bill?
Cherry-picking facts to suit the argumentThis replies to Anna Koepke's Jan. 16 letter, "Mixing church, state not so bad, King shows."While the specifics of Koepke's letter are unclear, her intent seems clear.
Federal policies hurting USPSThis responds to Thomas Sowell's Jan. 13 column that derisively compared Kodak to the U.S. Postal Service, saying it deserves to be shut down because it's not making enough money to pay its expenses.
Fanatics' contempt obvious, imprudentThe contempt right-wing fanatics have for liberals is obvious and imprudent.They must think we can't see through logical inconsistencies, obfuscations and lies.
Closing parks saves too littleJerry Brown just follows the old tried and true formula to scare you into supporting his tax plan. You will either pass the tax or do without teachers, firefighters or parks.
Too much trash piling up on our roadsidesHave you noticed lately how much trash is on the sides of all Bay Area freeways?While driving both directions on Interstate 80 between Pinole and the Interstate 580 interchange and on Highway 4 in both directions between Hercules and Antioch, I see
Jobs nowMore than one out of 10 working men and women in California are looking for full time employment. This is disrupting families and causing good people to even lose their homes.
Romney bashingRuben Navarrette is once again Romney bashing (1/12/2012). His strained reasoning this time: 1) Romney, like Franklin Roosevelt, was born wealthy.
Hayashi unworthy to stay in AssemblyI'm totally behind you in regards to your recent editorial saying that Mary Hayashi should resign from her Assembly seat.
Nuclear power is safe, essential to our futureThis letter is in response to the Jan. 11 letter by Norma Harrison on the subject of nuclear safety. Her suggestion that "safe nuclear power is impossible to achieve" is obviously wrong.
End 99% bull, focus on jobsWhile I do have much concern for the plight of the "middle class" of which I am one, I find the hyperbole concerning just who is included in the 99 percent annoying.
Making three points of disagreementI often agree with moderate David Brooks, but I must dispute three points in his Jan. 11 column. The reason the net worth of households headed by senior citizens is 47 times that of households headed by people younger than 35 years is simple: Seniors have had 25
Ludicrous stand against gun rightsA recent Associated Press story on the fatal shooting of a ranger at Mount Rainier National Park by a distraught Iraq War veteran exhibits the ludicrous lengths anti-gun activists and the mainstream media will go in trying to disarm Americans.
Poor security, planning at chaotic 49ers gameI've waited to write this, not wanting to dim the glow of the 49ers win over the Saints. However, the possible repetition of what happened before the game compels me to write before Sunday's game.
Romney most electable of GOP's candidatesTwo important nationally recognized conservative opinion journals have now weighed in on the GOP presidential race.
Program geared to help studentsEl Cerrito High student Gabriel Lee's Jan. 11 letter was an articulate and heartfelt plea for parental involvement in their children's education.
Slick flier raises many questionsI received a slick flier in the mail from the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors proposing a "2012 Community Clean Water Initiative.
Military spending cuts? Numbers say otherwiseBarack Obama would "cut" $390 billion from the military over 10 years. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warns of devastation to the military and great danger to our nation.
Repugnant suit against schoolAs a parent, I'm horrified that Lisa Della Rocca's daughter was dropped off at the wrong location and can only imagine the fear she endured while her daughter was missing.
Political agenda of U.S. is confusingOur family emigrated to the U.S. from England in 1967 because I was offered an engineering position in California.
Obama harming his own partyPresident Barack Obama continues to usurp the authority of Congress and ignore the Constitution in his drive to create an "imperial" presidency.
Two images of Oakland are being pursuedI hear two images of what Oakland should be.One image wants residential areas to be prosperous, pseudo-suburban, roll up the sidewalks, button down and lock up by 9 p.
'Remortgage America' a step in right direction"Remortgage America" would stop foreclosures and create jobs for 14 million people out of work. It also would provide economic growth sufficient to eliminate our national debt.
Signs of hope for ailing U.S. economy in 2012After what seems like an eternity of economic destruction, 2012 will bring some improvements to an ailing U.
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