Editorials
Our View: Thumbs up, thumbs down
Comments | RecommendThumbs up to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for signing into law last week a package of bills that will provide law enforcement with new tools to take on metal thieves stealing scrap metals from agricultural equipment, fire hydrants, utilities, manhole covers...
Our View: Victims’ rights Prop. 9 doesn’t seem necessary
Comments | RecommendIt's not that the enhancements of crime victims' right contained in Proposition 9 are terribly objectionable. It's just that they don't seem especially necessary — and they could lead, as the independent Legislative Analyst says, to restrictions...
Our View: VP showdown: Good, but not tide-turning
Comments | RecommendSarah Palin's performance Thursday night will probably not be enough to turn GOP presidential candidate John McCain's campaign around. He missed the opportunity for a game-changing breakthrough by not siding with the American people and opposing the $700-billion...
Other Voices: Proposition 3 plea sincere
Comments | RecommendIn your Sept. 27 editorial on the Children's Hospital Bond Act (Proposition 3), you acknowledged, "We believe their plea is sincere. We believe they mean to help." As the president and CEO of the California Children's Hospital Association, I can assure...
Our View: State should stay out of marriage
Comments | RecommendProposition 8 on the November ballot at least has the virtue of being short and simple. It would amend the California constitution to say, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." The story behind it, however, is...
You can choose new comic strip
Comments | Recommendeaders can now vote online for the new comic strip to grace the Appeal-Democrat comics page....
Our View: An energy-fraud twofer insult
Comments | RecommendProposition 7's arrogance should offend every Californian. Its two alleged benefits are that it will "reduce the rising costs of energy" and "limit the dangers of global warming."...
