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The Secret Lives of Words column: Watching the Perseids and getting stoned

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Rick LaFleur More Content NowColumns share an author's personal perspective.*****Walking back to our barracks from the enlisted men’s club at the Cecil Field (Florida) Naval Air Station in mid-August 1969, a few of my Navy buddies and I were startled to look up into the night sky and see straight overhead a barrage of missiles, doubtless launched by the Russians, streaking over the base. Just seven [...]

Granlund cartoon: Back-to-school supplies

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Dave Granlund cartoon on back-to-school supplies in 2020.

Shoemaker column: Soon enough it will be my last hike

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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****It was blue sky and 90 degrees but dry when I darted off the trailhead for my routine two-hour hike. I would hike up and down Noanet Peak and over to Powisset Peak in Dover, Massachusetts. It would be a five-mile route with about 1,200 feet of elevation gain in total.Yes, I am a hiker and have hiked hills and mountains from the Canadian Rockies to the Appalachians, from the Great China Wall to the Alps, from the sands of [...]

Weatherford cartoon: Feinstein’s state of denial

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Joey Weatherford cartoon on Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Granlund cartoon: Russia COVID-19 vaccine

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Dave Granlund cartoon on Russia and a COVID-19 vaccine.

How should California define student success in 2020?

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Schools will look different this year, so educators should reset measures for student success to align with a set of more holistic outcomes.

Cyr column: The Democrats and party conventions

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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****The Democratic National Convention scheduled for Milwaukee will now be essentially “virtual” as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Former Vice President Joe Biden secured sufficient party delegates for the nomination in early June, after an intense series of primary battles, where initially he was losing,Attention focuses on the selection of his running mate, where Biden is committed to choosing a woman. [...]

Granlund cartoon: Biden-Harris 2020

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Dave Granlund cartoon on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris.

Weatherford cartoon: Biden’s choice

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Joey Weatherford cartoon on the 2020 Democratic ticket.

Granlund cartoon: Eviction notice

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Dave Granlund cartoon on eviction notices, COVID-19 and the 2020 election.

Anti-racist racists

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Black Lives Matter protests led many people to want to do something useful to reduce racial injustice. Racial justice groups are being flooded with money.Big companies made multimillion-dollar donations."Bad idea," Black radio host Larry Elder said in my new video."It is condescending ... and not helpful. I urge white people to chill. Stop helping us, because you’re making things worse!"Making things worse, he said, because it supports the [...]

Bozelko column: Drop the charges against Michael Flynn already

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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****The case of United States v. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn slogs on. In December 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty to charges of lying to FBI agents investigating his communications with a Russian ambassador. Several other motions and postponements prevented Flynn from being sentenced for over two years, and then the Department of Justice sought to drop all charges against him in early May. On Aug. 11, a hearing before the DC [...]

Mangino column: Contrived state laws used to stifle protesters

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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****Are protestors criminals or are they civic-minded members of the community exercising their constitutional right to assemble and advocate?The president thinks protestors are criminals and he has said as much. He called Minneapolis protesters “thugs” and has called for his supporters to “knock the crap out” of demonstrators he opposes. He said, “I think it’s embarrassing for the [...]

Granlund cartoon: Israel-UAE deal

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Dave Granlund cartoon on the Israel, United Arab Emirates and their diplomatic agreement.

Weatherford cartoon: Democrats denying access

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Joey Weatherford cartoon on Democrats and Chicago.

Weatherford cartoon: Biden’s poll advantage

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Joey Weatherford cartoon on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and election polls.

Landgren cartoon: Trump’s post office delay

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Don Landgren cartoon on President Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service.

Landgren cartoon: Travel restrictions

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Don Landgren cartoon on travel restrictions.

Landgren cartoon: Trump’s Postmaster General

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Don Landgren cartoon on President Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service.

Granlund cartoon: Trump’s absentee ballots

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Dave Granlund cartoon on President Donald Trump and absentee ballots.




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