Editorials
Other Voices: Curb Medicare waste, fraud
Comments | RecommendWith the administration predicting a record $482 billion deficit for next year, President Bush and Congress should be vigorously pursuing waste and corruption wherever they are likely to be found....
Our View: Nice Olympics, but what's next China?
Comments | RecommendThe Closing Ceremoy was not quite as spectacular as the Opening Ceremony, but it was spectacular enough, capping an Olympics that both from an athletic and a showmanship standpoint had to be counted as a success, though it cost the Chinese government...
Friend of freedom
Comments | RecommendTo many of our readers, the news that Dick Wallace is retiring as vice president of corporate affairs for Irvine-based Freedom Communications, the Appeal-Democrat's parent company, might not register as more than just another bit of corporate comings...
Our View: No need to outlaw driving while texting
Comments | RecommendYou don't have to be very bright to realize it's unsafe to drive a car while punching out a text message letter by letter on a cell phone. And you don't have to be very bright to realize passing another law to outlaw such dimwitted behavior is overkill....
Our View: Helping watchdogs watch for abuses
Comments | RecommendWhen Congress returns from vacation in September, after the major-party conventions, the Senate would do well to take up what sponsors call the Free Flow of Information Act, which most people term a federal shield law for journalists....
Other Voices: Emphasis should be teaching kids how to drink right
Comments | RecommendAs we muddle through the dog days of summer, government data tell us that more young people try alcohol for the first time during these months than at any other time of the year. Uncle Sam has been vigilant about trying to keep alcohol out of reach for...
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