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Ron Hart: Suffering from electile dysfunction
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The events of the last two weeks have reaffirmed my belief in the sanity of Americans. It was a tough couple of weeks for Democrats. First, the Yankees won the World Series. To me, their victory is not that great in and of itself because I am a... Full story
Our View: Leave Iraq to its people
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The Iraqi Parliament passed a law this month to administer an election in January. This doesn't necessarily mean the election will go smoothly or that it will be followed by peace, tranquility and a growing understanding of freedom or democracy. But... Full story
Other Views: Expectations of Obama
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Few presidents have come to the job bearing a bigger burden of great expectations than Barack Obama, a blessing for a candidate but often a curse for a presidency. Now, a year since his historic election, the pace of the Obama agenda has the... Full story
Our VIew: Washington's intervention isn't saving or creating jobs, so more is coming
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Figures released last week showing unemployment nationally at 10.2 percent suggest that those who proclaimed the end of the recession when GDP rose 3.5 percent during the third quarter were more than a little premature. Is a "jobless recovery"... Full story
Our View: Legislators protect their pocketbooks
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By almost any measure the Legislature has done a lousy job. It's over-burdened Californians with perhaps the most regulatory-intensive governance in the nation, driving many businesses out of state and creating hardships for those left behind.... Full story
Our View: Last chance to step back from quagmire
Karzai re-election gives Obama reason to scale back, rather than escalate, in Afghanistan
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The electoral outcome has caused almost all concerned to avert their eyes, pretend not to remember the unseemly events that led up to Hamid Karzai securing a second term as president of Afghanistan, and declare that in lieu of a possibly even... Full story
Our View: About those 'created' stimulus jobs
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Washington claims 640,000 to 1.5 million jobs have been created or saved by the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. With only about 15 percent of the money spent so far by those intended to receive it, at this rate America might implausibly end up... Full story
Thomas D. Elias: 'Tis the season to just say no
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The winter holidays are fast approaching, and with them the advent of a long season of being confronted by initiative petition circulators outside almost every big box store, grocery emporium and shopping mall in California. That's nothing unusual.... Full story
Our View: Time for Obama to take charge
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As he continues to stretch out the timetable on a decision about whether to escalate the U.S. commitment to the war in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama has asked for a province-by-province assessment of the tribal and other local leaders in that... Full story
Our View: White House vs. Fox News
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Eventually, it seems, every president since George Washington has become impatient with the media, with loyal aides, especially, acting as if any questioning of the sublime wisdom and prudent actions of the chief executive is tantamount to treason,... Full story
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