Opinion

Slideshow: The best of Meyer, 2011

Tom Meyer's editorial cartoons on the year in California

Slide show: East County Times editorial cartoons


	Daniel Borenstein: With $2.4 billion Contra Costa retirement debt, no one should pop champagne corks


	Tammerlin Drummond: Komen reverses decision but Planned Parenthood fallout continues


	Byron Williams: Blind alligience is good for sports, but bad for political debate

Readers Forum


	Contra Costa Times Readers' Forum: Forty-seven years later, the spirit of the Free Speech Movement lives on

Syndicated Columnists


	David Brooks: 'Flooding the zone' makes more sense that one-size-fits-all policy Maureen Dowd: When Tranformational Wife merges with the Transformational Figure Thomas Sowell: California's high-speed rail example of getting nowhere fast George F. Will: Governments continue efforts to regulate political speech David Brooks: What once offered great hope has resulted in precious little change


	Contra Costa Times editorial: Appeals court correctly upholds ruling against Proposition 8 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly upheld ruling against Proposition 8 and for the right of same-sex couples to marry. Contra Costa Times editorial: Colleges must cease providing false data to boost rankings Colleges need to stop gaming ranking system with bad information, and students should not rely too heavily on the rankings. Contra Costa Times editorial: Lawmakers want to thumb their noses at the law and their constituents Our state's lawmakers continue to show remarkable disdain for following the law.Last fall, it took a judge's order to force the state Assembly to publicly reveal its own budget and expenditure records. Contra Costa Times editorial: Limits on use of pesticides posses threat of increases in West Nile disease Oakland Tribune editorial: State auditor is latest critic of high-speed rail, which is fiscally irresponsible.

Letters from our Readers


	Feb. 8 letters to the editor Feb. 7 letters to the editor Feb. 5 letters to the editor Contra Costa Times Saturday Forum Feb. 6 letters to the editor

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Your Turn


	Your Turn: Pesticide lobby hides behind mosquitoes in spraying debate Contra Costa Times Your Turn: Columnist is wrong about redevelopment money Your Turn: Governor's proposed cuts will leave more Californians hungry Your Turn: Must stop the website control grab Your Turn: Sixty percent of zero is still zero

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