Other Views: A Grand Old Growth Party
Republicans the 'Grand Old Growth' party Inside the GOP’s Tampa convention hall last week, one prominent feature was a debt clock ticking toward $16 trillion. With due respect to that horrifying...
View ArticleWilliams: Washington on spendilng spree no matter who's in White House
Within the past decade, I’ve written columns titled “Deception 101,” “Stubborn Ignorance” and “Exploiting Public Ignorance,” all explaining which branch of the federal government has taxing and...
View ArticleTen Things to Know for Friday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:1. CLINTON, NETANYAHU DISAGREE ON IRAN STRATEGYThe U.S. secretary of state hopes diplomacy can...
View ArticleLetter: Republican House was unfairly blamed
I have just read this letter (A-J, Oct. 18) about how Obama took over during the crisis after his inauguration. There may well have been a crisis, there certainly should have been after the way the...
View ArticleTeens of the Month
Veronica Acuna, a junior at Matthews, is the daughter of Diana and Rudy Casias. She is active in her church, FCFC, her favorite color is yellow and she loves to help the elderly. Morgan Allen, a...
View ArticleRomney on economy: Obama 'made the problem worse'
AMES, Iowa — Seizing on fresh evidence of economic sluggishness, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said Friday that President Barack Obama inherited a bad situation when he took office and then “made...
View ArticleRomney on economy: Obama inherited a bad situation then 'made the problem worse'
AMES, Iowa — Seizing on fresh evidence of economic sluggishness, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said Friday that President Barack Obama inherited a bad situation when he took office and then "made...
View ArticleNFL Standings, Results, Schedule and Game Summaries
STEELERS 14, GIANTS 20Pittsburgh 0 10 0 14 — 24N.Y. Giants 0 14 6 0 — 20Second QuarterPit — Sanders 4 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 12:09.NYG — A.Brown 1 run (Tynes kick), 7:01.NYG — Boley...
View ArticleTeens of the Month
Karen Alvidrez, an eighth-grader at O.L. Slaton, is the daughter of Griselda Medina. She is involved in Spanish Club, orchestra and CA. Will Becker, a senior at Trinity Christian, is the son of David...
View ArticleBig party for Democrats, quiet reflection for GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — For many Republicans, this is a good weekend to get away from it all.With hundreds of thousands of Democrats traveling to nation's capital for President Barack Obama's inauguration...
View ArticleTeens of the Month
Bradley Allen, an eighth-grader at Irons, is the son of Cindy Allen. He is involved in band, made Teen of the Month two years in a row and likes to help around the house. Joseph Allen, an eighth-grader...
View ArticleLetter: Senator's pressure on president was wrong
On Feb. 10th, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was on CBS program “Face the Nation” threatening to shut down key offices of the executive branch via confirmation hearings unless our president...
View ArticleTeens of The Month
Bryan Alvarado, a senior at Coronado, is the son of Judy and Jesus Alvarado. He is involved in baseball. Joel Belmontes, an eighth-grader at O.L. Slaton, is the son of Norma Maldonado. He is involved...
View ArticleRangel: Bills don't necessarily mean Rick Perry fatigue - not yet
AUSTIN — During his short tenure in the Texas Legislature, Rep. Lyle Larson has raised some eyebrows and occasionally defied conventional wisdom, too.The latest example came last Wednesday when Larson,...
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Madison Bagley, a senior at Coronado, is the daughter of Jim and Sandy Bagley. She is involved in the National Honor Society and is an athletic trainer in all sports. Juan M. Benavides, an...
View ArticleJudge makes morning-after pill available to all
WASHINGTON — The morning-after pill might become as easy to buy as aspirin.In a scathing rebuke accusing the Obama administration of letting election-year politics trump science, a federal judge ruled...
View ArticleLetter: Innocents also have died in war on terror
Innocents also have died in war on terror On Sept. 20, 2001, President Bush, in his nationally televised address to Congress, officially commenced the war on terror. The price of this war, now over 10...
View ArticleThomas: Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate?
In his defense of President Obama, Press Secretary Jay Carney is beginning to sound a lot like Ronald Zeigler, Richard Nixon’s spokesman. Carney only has to use the word “inoperative,” as Ziegler did...
View ArticleLetter: Justice Department exercised legal powers
Justice Department exercised legal powers Re: The editorial “The overbearing grab of AP phone records trampled press freedom,” A-J, May 17.If I recall correctly, your editorial board lauded President...
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