Oct 29 2015 - 3:13pm
Let’s face it. The West Hills Community College District is a force to be reckoned with. The Lemoore campus, at one point in its history, was once the equivalent of a one-room school house on the edge of town. No more. Just 25 years ago, a meager handful of students might register for classes at WHC Lemoore - while this semester alone nearly 3,500 students enrolled for classes, including over 640 online students. Keep reading...
Oct 29 2015 - 9:22am
U.S. Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) today released the following statement following the election of Congressman Paul D. Ryan as Speaker of the House of Representatives: Keep reading...
The absurdity of the Republicans who are currently running for president is getting to me. For the record, most of my friends are Republicans. While we disagree about just about everything, they’re still my friends. Just because we don’t agree as to what that thing on Donald Trump’s head is (actually that’s one of the things with which my Republican friends and I do agree) that doesn’t mean we can’t respect one another’s opinions – though sometimes it can be trying. Keep reading...
Let’s just get on with the business of America. Now that the Supreme Court has ruled – and by surprising majority – let’s set aside all of this nonsense about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) being “fundamentally broken” as Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner stated so non-eloquently today, following the Supreme Court's 6-3 vote, that subsidies to ACA enrollees, not part of a state health exchange, and not specifically stated but implied in the law, were legal and could and should be retained. Keep reading...
When Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will run for President, David Letterman also announced that he’s coming out of retirement – just for the Trump jokes. Keep reading...
Jun 19 2015 - 9:50am
The issue of climate change — unlike, say, the economy — may not be a matter of everyday concern to many Americans or most citizens of the planet.
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I’m certainly no thrill seeker. I prefer the solitude of my back yard to the constant desire to face danger. I have no wish to skydive or bungee jump off a bridge. My stomach has been known to turn while navigating the teacups at Disneyland. Keep reading...
It’s getting old, the constant “he said, she said” verbal jousting as the would-be leaders whom we elect continue to unabashedly espouse on the daily political talk shows and news programs. Keep reading...
After reading the recent article in The Hanford Sentinel: “Local black residents sound off on shootings, unrest,” I felt a responsibility to share my thoughts, not as a black man of Kings County, but as a man who believes in upholding law enforcement, the right to free speech, and the Constitution of the United States. Keep reading...