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As We Reopen, We Can’t Let Our Guard Down Against This Virus

We are at the point in the pandemic where the cracks in California’s unified response to COVID-19 are showing. Three northern counties...
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As We Reopen, We Can’t Let Our Guard Down Against This Virus

We are at the point in the pandemic where the cracks in California’s unified response to COVID-19 are showing. Three northern counties...

/ 5 years ago

collage of the COVID-19 future leading to an American economic rebound

Social Distancing Costly, but Effective. USA Rebound, Cultural Changes Next.

The human race is on pause. Our planet is changing. I wonder what cultural and moral transformations might emerge as a result of this pandem...

/ 5 years ago

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American Ingenuity Will Beat COVID-19. Here’s How We’ll Get Back to Work.

The COVID-19 pandemic is putting all of us to the test emotionally and financially. We are praying for loved ones fighting the virus and gri...

/ 5 years ago

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Free Speech Is What Allows Us to Govern Ourselves in America

Among the many things that make America great is our freedom of speech without government reprisal. In fact, one of our Founding Fathers, Ja...

/ 6 years ago

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This Is How Fresno Unified Can Vault to the Top

Fresno’s future depends on Fresno Unified School District. Its 74,000 students are the biggest part of our future workforce. In fact, what h...

/ 6 years ago

Opinion: Council Salaries Should Attract Fresno's Best & Brightest

Opinion by Darius Assemi Fresno is California’s fifth-largest city. Its budget this year is $1.15 billion. But despite all of our har...

/ 7 years ago

Voters Reject Nationalism. Now Let’s Do Immigration Reform.

Whenever there is an aggressive change in direction away from the principles America was founded upon, our country has a way of coming toget...

/ 7 years ago

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There's a Better Way to Make Fresno Sparkle. Vote 'No' on P.

Here’s something I believe people on both sides of the parks tax debate can agree on: We’ve got miles to go to make Fresno a vibrant, safe, ...

/ 7 years ago

With Crime This Bad, Now Is Not the Time for a Parks Tax

This is the reality of life in Fresno, and it doesn’t matter where you live. Every time you park your car, you wonder if a window will...

/ 7 years ago

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These Fixes Will Make America Prosperous For All

If President Donald Trump doesn’t soon resolve the international trade war he started with tariffs, America’s booming economy wi...

/ 7 years ago

A "No war on Iran" banner is held as people attend an anti-war demonstration in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 21, 2025. (Reuters File)
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Advisory Warns of ‘Heightened Threat Environment’ in US After Iran Strikes

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as they are flanked by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and members of Turkish and Iranian delegations, during the 51st Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Istanbul, Turkey, June 21, 2025. (Reuters File)
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Muslim Countries to Set up Contact Group to Seek Israel-Iran De-Escalation

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Visalia Police Seek Public’s Help in Sexual Assault Investigation

President Donald Trump speaks as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves following a meeting in the White House, in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Mohatt)
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Despite Clashes With US Presidents, Israel’s Netanyahu Usually Gets His Way

Pope Leo XIV holds a Jubilee audience on the occasion of the Jubilee of Sport, at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican June 14, 2025. (Reuters File)
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Pope Leo Urges International Diplomacy to Prevent ‘Irreparable Abyss’

An oil tanker is being loaded at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia May 21, 2018. (Reuters File)
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Oil to Open Higher as US Strikes on Iran Boost Supply Risk Premium

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing at the Pentagon, after the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, during the Israel-Iran conflict, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 22, 2025 in this still image taken from handout video. Reuters TV/U.S. Department of Defense/Handout via REUTERS
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US Strikes Against Iran Not Aimed at Regime Change, Pentagon Chief Says

A satellite view shows an overview of Fordow underground complex, after the U.S. struck the underground nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran June 22, 2025. MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES/Handout via REUTERS
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US Bombing of Iran Started With a Fake-Out

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