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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Editorial: City ammunition ordinance works

ONE YEAR LATER, IT IS CLEAR OTHER CITIES SHOULD PASS SIMILAR LAWS

Sacramento City Councilman Kevin McCarty highlights a terrible city statistic: In the past seven years, more young people have died from gun violence than from traffic accidents....(more)

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Editorial: An Olympic lesson about trash talking

He had his ears flicked by kids. He had his baseball cap thrown off the bus. He had a middle school teacher tell him he'd never be successful....(more)

Daniel Weintraub: For builders, clean-air rules' timing is tough

Mike Shaw didn't want to be caught by surprise when the state starting cracking down on diesel engines. He owned more than 100 of them – powering the scrapers, graders and bulldozers that are the backbone of his San Diego construction business. So he paid close attention when the state's air pollution regulators wrote new rules requiring the owners of diesel-powered equipment to clean up their fleets. And as he thinned the oldest, dirtiest engines from his stock, Shaw thought he was well on his way to satisfying the state's requirements....(more)

Cal Thomas: A very civil forum

The "civil forum" featuring presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain may not have been as exciting as Michael Phelps winning his eighth Olympic gold medal, but it was civil and it was a forum from which emerged useful information....(more)

Ahmed Rashid: Beyond Musharraf

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The resignation of President Pervez Musharraf this week after nine years in office is a major victory for Pakistan's long-battered and still fragile democratic forces. But particularly given the meltdown the country has endured in recent weeks, there are still many obstacles to effective civilian governance. Although the United States will expect things to change in a hurry, they are unlikely to do so right away....(more)

Eugene Robinson: Olympics, Georgia put the new reality on display

WASHINGTON — The Democratic and Republican conventions have a couple of tough acts to follow. Two compelling spectacles — one glorious, one shocking — have stolen the spotlight this summer to remind us all that whatever nostrums we hear from Barack Obama and John McCain about it being morning again in America, the truth is that we live in a much more complicated world....(more)

Patricia E. Bauer: A movie, a word and my family’s battle

Margaret and I were lingering in front of the multiplex one evening last summer, a mom and her adult daughter laughing about the movie we'd just seen, when a gaggle of cute pre-teen girls sauntered past....(more)

Letters: Saddleback interviews, offshore oil drilling, red lights, etc.

Pastor Rick Warren's delving into the candidates' morals and faith was enlightening ("Rivals delve into politics and faith," Page A1, Aug. 17). What we learned is that Barack Obama is a thoughtful, intelligent man who answered the questions with honesty and conviction. John McCain came prepared with a set of stump-speech statements. Only the question as to his moral lapse elicited a short answer about his first marriage....(more)

Kathleen Parker: Religion test un-American

At the risk of heresy, let it be said that setting up the two presidential candidates for religious interrogation by an evangelical minister – no matter how beloved – is supremely wrong....(more)

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

• Editorial: Elk Grove: Pause in rush to south

• Editorial: Why not get 'em off the road, Governor?

• Peter Schrag: Another shot in math wars: A stink bomb

• Paul Krugman: Obama has the economy edge – so why won't he just say so?

• Rich Lowry: Obama's real abortion issue

• Sally Quinn: McCain’s Clarity vs. Obama’s Nuance

• Jonathan V. Last: China’s impending catastrophe is its shrinking, aging population

• Amity Shlaes: Five ways to wreck a recovery

• Andres Oppenheimer: Report on wealthy Latins is a bit troubling

• Letters to the Editor

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Monday, August 18, 2008

• Editorial: State can't delay mortgage action

• Editorial: PG&E deal brings good news on solar

• Campaigns are mostly preaching to the choir

• David S. Broder: Obama keeps us guessing – even his own campaign

• Leonard Pitts: The America that never was

• Mental health law, agency are working

• MARY SANCHEZ: English spoken here (as it is everywhere)

• RUBEN NAVARRETTE: Obama’s three big tasks

• Letters to the Editor

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Sunday, August 17, 2008

• The Conversation: Think globally, eat locally

• From the Editor: New features keep coming in new Bee

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