Envy gets a bad rap. Sure, it’s one of the seven deadly sins, and is generally considered an undesirable trait. But every now and then it’s an emotion that can help to bring about something good. Consider what happened over the summer up at Condit...
The six candidates for Claremont City Council Jed Leano, left, Michael Ceraso, Zach Courser, Jennifer Stark, Ed Reece and Douglas Lyon applaud as the moderator, Jackie McHenry, introduces Active Claremont members on Thursday during a forum at the Hughes Center. The...
by Debbie Carini Seven years ago, I wrote what I thought was my last column about the first day of school—it was my son’s last first: the first day of his senior year of high school. In that column, I reminisced about all the first days of school –...
I wrote in this space a couple of months ago how recent 30 percent newsprint tariffs were designed solely to damage the newspaper industry. It all started earlier this year, when the new owners of one Washington State mill filed a complaint with the International...
Spending standard Dear Editor: Tuesday night, the city council approved the purchase of 14 new police cruisers at a cost of more than $500,000. Their unanimous decision was not based on rational economic analysis, but rather fear and the mere fact that the purchase...
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