Opinion

This $2M Tract Home Embodies Crisis and Solutions: Joe Mathews

November 15, 2018

This is the first of six columns from Joe Mathews in a series about California housing, struggles, and dreams. (GV Wire Illustration/Alexis DeSha) No home in the world matters more to me than my paternal grandparents’ small blue house at the bottom of a wi...

Commentary: The Politics of California’s Killer Wildfires

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

November 14, 2018

Californians – most of us, anyway – loath President Donald Trump and the state’s voters punished him this month by flipping as many as half of its Republican-held congressional districts. Opinion by D...

GOP Is Dead in California. A New Way Must Rise: Kristin Olsen

CALmatters

November 13, 2018

The California Republican Party isn’t salvageable at this time. The Grand Old Party is dead — partly because it has failed to separate itself from today’s toxic, national brand of Republican politics. Painfu...

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Opinion: Why I Love Being a Veteran

InsideSources.com

November 11, 2018

If you had told me how I’d look back with fondness on the time I served as brigade commander during the worst of Diyala Province in 2006-2007, I would have smirked. Of course I’d love being a veteran, I can imagine my younger self thinking. It meant I would be...

How Wilson’s Call to War Pulled America Onto a Global Stage

The Conversation

November 10, 2018

On April 2, 1917 President Woodrow Wilson addressed a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Opinion Gordon Stables It was a somewhat surprising turn of ...

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Opinion: The Wave That Wasn’t

InsideSources.com

November 7, 2018

Call it the Oprah Election: You get a win! And you get a win! And you … Democrats win control of the House, along with all the chairmanships — and subpoena power — that come with it. Opinion Mi...

California Results Will Roll In Days or Weeks Late. It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way

CALmatters

November 6, 2018

Opinion by Byrhonda Lyons. If you’re thinking about staying up all night to watch election results come in, grab your coffee. It will probably be a long night or week or month, the price we pay for enabling more procrastinators to vote. The holdup? Voter...

Commentary: State-County Conflict Could Flare up Again Soon

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

November 4, 2018

When California became the 31st state in 1850, the Legislature quickly created 27 counties to provide basic local services, such as roads, sheriffs and courts, to a sparse, mostly rural population. Opini...

If GOP Holds House, Valley Could Be National Power Center

Bill McEwen

November 3, 2018

The odds are long, likely approaching those of winning the Mega Millions lottery. But heading into Tuesday's election, here's something for San Joaquin Valley voters to contemplate. Opinion Bil...

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Measure A: Dream for Corporate Marijuana, Nightmare for Community

Kim Castro

November 1, 2018

The fight against legalized marijuana is far from over. With Measure A on this November’s ballot, we get an up close and personal look at what deceptive, dangerous and detrimental politics look like as the well-being of Fresno residents is discarded in favo...

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This $2M Tract Home Embodies Crisis and Solutions: Joe Mathews

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This $2M Tract Home Embodies Crisis and Solutions: Joe Mathews

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GOP Is Dead in California. A New Way Must Rise: Kristin Olsen

Opinion: Why I Love Being a Veteran

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This $2M Tract Home Embodies Crisis and Solutions: Joe Mathews

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GOP Is Dead in California. A New Way Must Rise: Kristin Olsen

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California Results Will Roll In Days or Weeks Late. It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way

Commentary: State-County Conflict Could Flare up Again Soon

If GOP Holds House, Valley Could Be National Power Center

Measure A: Dream for Corporate Marijuana, Nightmare for Community