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Scott Talley is descended from a distinguished line of medical professionals, including corpsmen that served in World War II and the Vietnam War.
This photo of Scott Talley was taken in the spring of 2003 somewhere between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers south of Baghdad.
The Bakersfield man says his ancestors greatly influenced his decision in 1999 to enlist as a corpsman in the U.S. Navy, where he developed a passion for battlefield medicine and the necessity of fast and often...
You have to hand it to Sen. Barack Obama. The man can really whomp up a speech.
The presidential hopeful from Illinois is obviously a brilliant orator whose recent reflections on the racial state of the union left many Americans, including the already infatuated mainstream media, more gaga than ever.
But in spite of Obama's spellbinding speaking skills, red flags are still flapping over the racist and incendiary remarks made by the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., the senator’s longtime...
If I read one more op-ed telling California’s home school parents to calm down and chill out, I may throw up.
For the record, home school parents aren’t panicked. They’re furious. And they should be.
I generally don’t tackle the same topic two Saturdays in a row, but my inbox was on fire this week with moms and dads furious over a California Court of Appeal ruling that parents have no legal right to home school their kids.
As it turns out, California’s...
Every now and then a California judge will issue a ruling so egregious, so unjust and so all-around un-American, it makes one wonder what sort of socialist country we’re living in.
The last time that thought occurred to me, a 9th Circuit Court judge had just declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional in public schools.
About a week ago, another California court issued a judgment even more disturbing, declaring parents “have no constitutional right to home-school...
There’s no doubt we Bakersfield folks love our restaurants. Large crowds and long waits are a given on a Friday or Saturday night. We especially appreciate the diversity of our locally owned restaurants, though these days they all seem to have one thing in common.
New menus. With new prices.
What, you haven’t noticed?
Look closer. In the two months since California’s minimum wage became the highest in the nation at $8 an hour, prices at many restaurants and other...
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