Really? Seriously?

MOSCOW -- To observe the democratic awakenings happening in places like Egypt, Syria and Russia is to travel with a glow in your heart and a pit in your stomach.

The governments in Russia and China very much want to uphold the principle that every now and then the state must crush people who want freedom. That is why they worked together to veto a fairly toothless United Nations resolution condemning the regime in

SAN DIEGO -- In his 1983 song "Neighborhood Bully," written in defense of Israel, Bob Dylan puts the Middle East conflict into sharp focus with hard-hitting lyrics like these:

Rep. Michele Bachmann, a tea party hero, and Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, agree on very little. Tax policy? No. Spending priorities? No way. Social issues? Ha!

A few weeks ago, a 22-year-old man named Jefferson Bethke produced a video called "Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus." The video shows Bethke standing in a courtyard rhyming about the purity of the teachings of Jesus and the hypocrisy of the c

WASHINGTON -- OK, now it's settled, right? I mean, it must be settled by now. Mitt Romney is going to be the nominee. Eat your peas, Republicans, and then fall in line, because Romney's the guy. Right?

For 60 years the National Prayer Breakfast has been a nonpolitical event where speakers put aside their earthly biases and focus on a Higher Authority. Last Thursday, President Obama departed from that tradition to claim the endorsement of Jesus for raisi

I write to set the record straight. Robert Wollert pled guilty to six felony auto thefts. For his sentence Judge Houry Sanderson imposed the maximum prison term allowed under the plea and suspended that term only because Mr. Wollert held up his end of an

By Andrew P. Morriss

By Michael E. Kraft

On the morning after the Florida primary, Mitt Romney bounded out of bed, inhaled the sweet air of victory, donned his new cloak of invulnerability ... and went on CNN to announce that he doesn't care about poor people.

SAN DIEGO -- Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said recently that her biggest regret from her time in the George W. Bush administration is that she didn't focus more on our backyard.

Jesse Jackson is right.

Joe Biden is always ready to jump in as a character witness for Barack Obama.

By William Pesek

A picture, the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately, we have only about 550 with which to appraise a picture that has raised eyebrows across the country: In it, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is seen wagging her finger in President Obama's

During this moment in history, some people question the value of the arts when staggering unemployment rates, declining property values, poverty and hunger directly affect so many in the central San Joaquin Valley?

One of the memorable slogans from the Reagan administration was "peace through strength." Reagan believed a strong defense was a safeguard against enemy attacks and the best hope of victory should America go to war.

Measure R is the Miracle Measure, the initiative that brought statewide attention to Tulare County.

The Simpson-Bowles report wasn't just a policy document. For a few months, it expanded the national debate. Everybody seemed to realize that the country was beset by large challenges that could no longer be neglected: soaring debt, lagging growth, wa

SAN DIEGO -- What chutzpah. President Obama is trying to turn one of his major liabilities -- his cruel, cynical, dishonest and clumsy handling of the immigration issue -- into a liability for Republicans. Having broken his promise to make immigration ref

Newtzilla is back.

Someone recently asked me if, in light of recent news, I would ever retract my support for high-speed rail. That's like asking me if I'll ever give up on my community. The answer is no.