San Jose Area Politics Examiners
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I can't help but shake my head and sigh when I stumble across the yellow ribbons and American flag decals that grace the backs of cars and the fronts...
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Many same-sex marriage activists cannot distinguish between a goal and a strategy. Their goal is one, unified category of marital rights...
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What do the energy crisis of the 1970s, parabolic trough solar collection systems, and rocket sleds that can travel at 4800 ft/s have in common? Sandia Laboratories has worked on...
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Last week's announcement of $290 million aid for area farmers was not well received. I wonder why? Maybe because the Western United Dairymen stated that ten percent of area...
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I believe our greatest duty is to the poor. Of course, I'm a liberal Democrat, so that should be no surprise. Indeed, one of the reasons I put up with so many of my, umm,...
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Have you ever sat down after all these long months of health care reform and wondered why they just didn’t start over?...
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Roberto Carlos Magalhaes has publicly admitted to shoving nearly three dozen sewing needles into a two-year old toddler in order to kill...
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President Barack Obama’s announcement to send 30,000 additional troops for deployment in Afghanistan is the correct decision. Obama...
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Welcome to the Top 10 health care stories of 2009. The last chapter to the story of health care reform has still not been written but...
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There is a great deal of discussion about inflation and even hyperinflation, but most are not really aware of what either are and how they...
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Caring for Washington's warriors away from home
2 hrs 21 mins ago
Michelle Ford had newborn twins and a husband severely wounded in Afghanistan when she got the offer to move into a group home on the campus of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.