The White House has announced that President Barack Obama will convene a group of experts to discuss job creation. The focus of the December meeting: Why have the billions of dollars spent in bank bailouts, auto purchase subsidies and mortgage relief prod

The Obama administration has chosen the wrong New York venue to try five co-conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. Instead of a Manhattan courtroom less than a mile from the site of where the World Trade Center stood,

Ka-ching! Ka-ching!

SAN DIEGO -- Many Latinos probably feel like salsa dancing in the streets now that CNN has finally purged itself of Lou Dobbs.

California voters are understandably angry about the way our state is being governed. The respected non-partisan PEW Center for the states evaluates and ranks state government performance. Only two states rank lower than California, and California ranks d

The University of California, Merced marked a major milestone this fall as we welcomed our fifth -- and by far our largest -- incoming class of students. Of the 3,400 students currently enrolled, about 225 are from Fresno, Madera and Kings counties. These

We’ve had a broken health care system for years, and people who understand the dilemma facing us know that if we don’t fix Medicare and Medicaid, sooner rather than later, it will bankrupt our nation. In addition, all Americans who have insurance today pay at least an $1,800 hidden premium to cover those with no insurance.

WASHINGTON -- For some years, Democrats have denounced parodies casting their party as utterly closed to the views of those who oppose abortion. Last weekend, Democrats proved conclusively that they are, indeed, a big tent -- and many in the ranks are fur

TAPAJOS NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil -- No matter how many times you hear them, there are some statistics that just bowl you over. The one that always stuns me is this: Imagine if you took all the cars, trucks, planes, trains and ships in the world and added u

By Paul Silva

WASHINGTON -- There's a difference between sensitivity and stupidity. If there were indeed signs that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood mass murderer, was becoming radicalized in his opposition to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army

SAN DIEGO -- What does the Iraq War have to do with the health-care debate? More than you might think.

"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."

A local hero, Staff Sergeant Christian Hughes of Fresno, will spend Veterans Day at Walter Reed Army Medical Center recovering from life-threatening injuries he suffered while serving in Afghanistan. His extraordinary story is similar to countless other s

The Central Valley found a partner in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and has secured our water destiny.

Remember the Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Barack Obama's Waterloo? Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent that health care was an issue in last week's elections, it favored Democrats. But while health ca

We don't know why Faleh Hassan Almaleki came to this country in the mid-'90s, and it's unlikely he'll be able to tell us anytime soon. He's in jail in Maricopa County, Ariz., at this writing, in lieu of a $5 million cash bond.

SAN DIEGO -- It's time to send Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York a slew of calendars.

On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was pulled down to the consternation of leftists, who still had faith socialism could work with the right leaders, and to the delight of conservatives, who believed that socialism and communism guaranteed mutually shared p

CINCINNATI -- In Ohio, citizens marched to the polls on Tuesday and voted to allow gambling casinos in the state. This was a obviously a message to President Barack Obama that independent voters are not happy with the way the health care bill is going.

Anthony McKinney got a life sentence for running down the street.

In 2003, I was on a trip to Iraq and had arranged an appointment in the Green Zone with a member of the then-Iraqi Governing Council. Security was tight. I was with my Iraqi translator, a middle-aged man who had once been a teacher.

By John Boehner

WASHINGTON -- I had a four-hour dinner once with Rush Limbaugh at the "21" Club in Manhattan, back in the days when I was still writing profiles as a "reporterette," to use a Limbaugh coinage.