Viewpoints: Our County’s Local School Crisis
Our County’s Local School Crisis A perspective from Lisa Kaylie On October 22, a...
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Viewpoints: Classrooms & Apartment Buildings
Why Our Schools Need Apartments That No School Kids Will Live In A perspective from Matt Bailey...
Read MoreThe 1/4 Cent Sales Tax
When Orange County created its Economic Development Districts in the early 1990’s, the purpose was to designate non-residential zones that would serve “for the next fifty years.” The districts were created along interstate...
Read MoreGod Save us from the Biblical Marriage Ideal
Gay marriage a deviation from the biblical ideal? Really? Read the Bible. The biblical ideal of marriage is one man, lots of wives, concubines, bride prices and arranged marriages. Is this what we are defending? If our...
Read More10 Tips in Making it Through the College Application Process
College application season is upon us and finally all that hard work is going to pay off. Students are busy writing their essays, moms and dads are busy trying not to nag, and college admission’s counselors are traveling at neck...
Read MoreHard to find dirt on this politician
Every politician is the object of critical, unfriendly, and just plain bad comments. That is the rule. But retired journalist and biographer Ned Cline may have found an exception. He had to look long and hard to find any dirt on...
Read MoreIt's Not Obdurate Stupidity (Response to "Common Science")
This T.W.O. Cents Column is in response to”It’s a Theory That’s Out There” – from Common Science, by Jeff Danner. You ask what people, and especially politicians, mean when they say “no”...
Read MoreI Wanna Be a RepliKate
I know a lot of people in England think the Royals are obsolete. But I love them. Scratch that – I love Kate Middleton. Er, Duchess Catherine. Whatever. She is transforming the style of the twentysomething for the better,...
Read MoreUnrestrained Joy
Something happens when your kids go back to school. Your life, if you’re a stay-at-home mom or dad, becomes a conveyor belt. You, your kids get up, eat, they leave for school, you restore your house to some sort of order,...
Read MoreHush Your Mouth!
“Girlfriend, you won’t believe what I just heard. Don’t tell anybody, but …” How many of us thrive on hearing the ‘dirt’ about others? It’s called gossip and man, oh, man can it be fun to be the first to know. The down side is...
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