Letters To The Editor

Regarding “Support nuclear power” (2/2) by Justin Ruhge: He refers to the approval of the Yucca Mountain storage facility by the federal government. My question is when was or when will the federal government approve Yucca Mountain as a storage site for nuclear waste? As a responsible biologist, I was arrested in 1978 in front […]

To those mourning over lost liberty because of the corrupting influences that financial power has over government, an ironic twist may, for once, yield some just payback. Three travesties have resulted from those corrupting financial influences: The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are citizens; the Justice Department has proved unwilling to prosecute financial firms […]

Say, do you plan to vote in the primary elections? I’m voting for Ron Paul, a Republican. We have open primaries in California, so anyone can vote for any party. He wants to legalize all drugs! He’s got my vote. The only way to successfully “end the war on drugs” is to legalize them all. […]

The last president to stand up to the Federal Reserve was President Kennedy in 1963, when he signed Executive Order 11110, which is still in effect today, but has been ignored by all U.S. presidents since then. I encourage anyone who is reading this to do a quick Internet search of who owns the Federal […]

Most Christians are familiar with Jesus’ teaching that a house built upon sand will collapse. His message? A life based on dishonesty cannot succeed. The same is true for a nation. From its inception, this country has been predicated upon dishonesty, from the myths we perpetrate about the murderous Columbus to the history-book claim that […]

The funding and legislative support for education in California has been slowly declining for the past 20 years. We are now ranked 46th in the nation for per-pupil spending. Even more dramatic declines have taken place in the last three years. In this period, more than $20 billion has been cut from our schools and […]

Our freedom of speech First Amendment rights conflict with our 14th Amendment rights for equal representation. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Buckley v. Valeo ruled that money is personal property and is used to express the same way as freedom of speech is unlimited. Our legislators have tried to limit the amount of money individuals […]

Community Partners in Caring is a volunteer organization helping seniors (62 and older) in need. The mission of the organization is to provide volunteer services for seniors, allowing them to continue living independently with quality of life. The pool of 88 screened and trained volunteers served 441 clients last Fiscal Year 5,065 times with services […]

On behalf of my fellow school nurses, I would like to thank you for highlighting our profession in your recent issue (“Nurse of all trades,” Jan. 19). However, there is one very important point I made several times during my interview with Ms. Asman that didn’t make it to print. As nurses, a significant portion […]

What is it about waterboarding a prisoner 83 times that makes our president want to keep it a secret?

Just read the Obama Administration proposed new regulation that would allow certain undocumented immigrants to remain in America instead of having to return to their country while their re-entry application is considered. Our President believes that the separation would be a hardship on the family. This same president had no problem sending our troops abroad. […]

Green will be the new economy. But as long as the petrochemical industry owns our government, environmentally friendly jobs will have the back burner. Drill, baby, drill continues to be the mindset of politicians beholden to Big Oil. We need jobs, but not at the expense of planetary destruction. Creating thousands of relatively short-term jobs […]