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California’s primary election is a week away. Have you perused your propositions lately?
I know they’re easy to overlook with this barn-burner of a presidential race we’ve got going on and there are certainly more interesting things to read. Still, there’s a bit of flimflam on the ballot that warrants your attention.
That’s what opponents of Proposition 93 are calling the measure — a flimflam. A farce, a sham, a smokescreen for personal gain. In fact,...
Please pardon me for not posting last week's column. I left town immediatly after filing it last Friday and neglected to post it upon my return. Thanks.
We Californians are so used to the government butting into our business, many of us no longer take notice.
But a recent proposal by the California Energy Commission was so outrageously Orwellian it was almost impossible to ignore.
Not that it rated the same attention as really important news, like Britney Spears' latest drug test....
It's a large moment when a young man asks permission to marry your daughter, a moment you would gladly relive over and over.
It's overwhelming even when expected, a custom that honors parents, family and marriage.
It's a moment some in this post-marriage age might dismiss as a polite formality or outdated custom. In truth, it's a tradition of great significance, which my husband and I discovered recently when our daughter's boyfriend showed up at our door, engagement ring in hand.
He...
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