I was interested in the response to my recent student loan forgiveness letter (asking if Biden's gang would refund those who worked hard to pay their loans off). The response was written by a gentleman who was able to pay the expenses for his two children to attend a university. No student l…
This is purely coincidental, yet two (literally) back-to-back stories in The Californian's April 18 edition (pages A5 and A6) describe difficult and challenging leadership problems within organizations 鈥 yet neither offers a solution!
Students from Columbia University and bandwagoning students from other universities are protesting the actions of Israel in the 鈥淗amas/Netanyahu鈥 war.
In around 1988, I bought a Samoyed husky puppy from a coworker. Sadly, over several months, I learned that having a husky in a small house with a small backyard was not the proper environment for this kind of dog. These things are bred to run, and also have extremely strong chests, which mak…
Once upon a time, a group of investigative journalists dedicated themselves to uncovering truths that served the common good of the people. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, an intrepid group of reporters emerged, shining a beacon on the shadows of corruption within businesses, governme…
When the Supreme Court said it would hear Donald Trump's immunity claim in the Jan. 6 case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, the former president's enemies erupted in anger.
This is not directly about the issues animating the "pro-Palestinian" demonstrations at many colleges. Rather, it's about the air of privilege filling the sails of hypocrisy on which many ride.
Have you all seen the new Tesla truck? Every time I see one, I start shaking my head uncontrollably. Were these things designed and made in a seventh-grade metal shop? Why would Tesla subject all of us with such an atrociously ugly rolling piece of sheet metal?
Sunday鈥檚 article, "优蜜传媒, Kern County top list for worst air pollution in the nation" was a surprise not for what was said, but left unsaid. The Bay Area pollution that funnels into the valley and is trapped is significant but wasn鈥檛 mentioned.
Recently, I switched my Medicare Advantage plan to include dental. The drive to 优蜜传媒 gets harder for me every year. Apparently, the new solution to remote health care is giving physician's assistants and nurses more care options.
According to the Pew Research Center, seven in 10 Jews identify with, or lean toward, the Democratic Party. Take the time to visit some of the college campuses across this country, and listen to the chants of 鈥渒ill the Jews鈥 or 鈥渨e are Hamas.鈥 It just might cause you to reconsider your votin…
Democrats and Republicans cooperating to pass the foreign aid bill that supports Ukraine is good for 鈥渨orld peace,鈥 as President Biden said.
Old wounds have a way of never healing. They just keep on festering. And for the past six decades, the wounds of the battles between valley growers and farmworkers have festered.
鈥淒o you know Huell Howser?鈥
As warmer weather arrives, Californians are thinking about the next live sporting event or outdoor concert with family and friends. But what used to be a straightforward experience of getting tickets has morphed into a complex and costly endeavor, all thanks to the Live Nation and Ticketmast…
OK. Enough is enough. SCOTUS is now mulling over the "total immunity" claims of Donald Trump. The simple solution was not to take up this idiotic exercise in non-jurisprudence and affirm lower court decisions. No; had to delay one more time.
I am one of the people who almost never agrees with our current governor, Gavin Newsom. That is my current opinion, until this announcement of the partnership with the 优蜜传媒 Police Department and California Highway Patrol to reduce our crime problem.
I believe we should pause and take a big breath until all the facts are presented by outside Kern County law enforcement. There is much we don't know about what happened in the Tehachapi home of the Scrivner family. Because of possible conflicts of interest within local law enforcement, stat…
On Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a blitz of regulations targeting the nation鈥檚 fossil-fuel power plants. And in the center of the EPA鈥檚 crosshairs is America鈥檚 coal fleet, which remains a workhorse source of power across the country 鈥 and the leading source of e…
California鈥檚 public schools, with nearly 6 million students, are feeling the financial impacts of a quintuple whammy.
Eliminate corporations, overburden businesses with $20-per-hour wages and excessive labor, environmental and safety regulations with high expenses associated with all three, and bring in machines to perform human services.
And he is still allowed to run for what is supposed to be the most powerful job in the world. Please! How can it be the most powerful job when someone like former President Trump is even allowed to run?
Of the implied promises my ancestors solemnly taught us was this one: We are not allowed to die before our parents or grandparents.
I was talking on the phone the other day to a friend and apologizing for not being able to answer her earlier call to me. I said, 鈥淪orry, I was at the doctor鈥檚 office.鈥 鈥淥h,鈥 she said, 鈥淚s everything OK?鈥
On Tuesday, NPR reported on-the-ground observations from Gaza in "Even before a planned Israeli ground offense, airstrikes have made Rafah unsafe."
Why should anyone who shouts "Death to America!" have their student loan debt forgiven?
Abortion is neither decent nor respectful. It seems as if Gov. Gavin Newsom is not content with ending the lives of pre-born babies in his own state but has once again crossed state lines to encourage and support abortion in other states, recently Arizona and Alabama.
Public parks belong to the public, right? A billionaire can't cordon off an acre of Golden Gate Park for his private party. But can a poor person 鈥 or anyone who claims they can't afford a home 鈥 take over public spaces where children play and families experience nature?
If the economy is so good, why do small business leaders feel so bad?
We have entered a new social media hell, where online creeps run sadistic schemes targeting high school kids. Since late 2021, their ruses have driven at least 20 young people, mostly boys, to take their lives.
To the writer of "Those who paid off student loans are ahead of the game" (April 21): Yes, by all means, let's teach our young people that just because you make a commitment to pay a loan back doesn't mean you actually have to do it!
This year鈥檚 Kegley Institute of Ethics鈥 Annual Memorial Lecture featured Rebecca Nagle, a Cherokee Nation journalist specializing in media representation of Indigenous Americans. Her topic was a needed reminder of how America鈥檚 indigenous peoples were and continue to be treated in less than …
What can we learn from the recent eruption of hate against Israel and the Jewish people?
The writer of "Student loan forgiveness" (April 18) misses the mark with their typical right-wing agenda. Keep the less fortunate buried in debt and never let them out and blame the Democrats for it.
In regard to "Democrats only care about their own kind" on April 21, Alex Jones could not have said it better. It amazes me how the "right" turns the facts around to suit their own agenda. The Republican party is dying, hasn鈥檛 won a presidential election popular vote since 2004. Relying on g…
If Jaz McKay (April 21) thinks the GOP is the voice of the working class, perhaps in his next letter he can explain Trump鈥檚/GOP tax cut of 2017. Republicans helped the wealthiest among us by cutting the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. A 40% reduction for the richest Americans!
April is the anniversary of the Allies' mission to stop famine in the Netherlands at the end of World War II. Millions of Dutch civilians were saved from starvation when U.S. and British planes dropped food into the German occupied Netherlands.
Alvin Bragg is to be commended for getting to trial on the Trump hush-payments case.
In 1996, California became the first state in the nation to allow medicinal use of marijuana. By a margin of 55.6% to 44.4%, California voters passed the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which exempted patients and their caregivers from criminal liability for the possession and cultivation of …
The new film 鈥淐ivil War鈥 is a cinematic achievement. Director Alex Garland has made a movie that might be worse than a real American civil war.
A letter in Thursday鈥檚 Californian ("Student loan forgiveness") deals with student loans. To the writer: Why are you upset over loan forgiveness? Yes, some people sacrificed to pay off their loans; they should be proud of that!
I met old friends last Friday on the way to becoming homeless in 优蜜传媒. By then, I had already been evicted, locked out and shunned from my home.
All of my life, living in 优蜜传媒, I have always seen bats in the evening sky, except for the last five years. The number of bats in the region has dropped over the past 50 years, mainly because of habitat loss and pesticide use. That has lead to a dramatic increase in insects, including…
Let's face it: Who in their right mind would vote for a Democrat these days? Definitely not the hardworking Americans. They used to claim to be the voice of the working class, but not anymore. The Democrats have become puppets for the wealthy, college-educated elites and perverts. Their prog…
Every time we step outside, whether for a leisurely stroll or a hurried dash, we are pedestrians. Yet, despite being the most basic form of mobility, pedestrian safety often takes a back seat in discussions about transportation infrastructure. It's time to reframe our priorities and put pede…
Not since DDT was banned more than 50 years ago have independent scientists made a more compelling case for the urgent need to ban a dangerous pesticide than they have for paraquat.
As a librarian, I am no stranger to The Angry Customer. Anyone who has worked in any customer service position knows that formidable enemy very well. I have endured yelling, the threat of physical violence, and all manner of rudeness 鈥 more often than not from middle class folks, not the sup…
There is no denying that we are facing an epidemic of homelessness in Kern County.
I got the call from John鈥檚 middle school on a Monday afternoon.
DAN WALTERS: California鈥檚 high construction costs limit housing. A Supreme Court decision might help
California鈥檚 chronic inability to build enough housing 鈥 particularly for low-income families 鈥 has many causes, but a big one is its extremely high cost of construction.
