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 U.S. GovernmentThe folly of waiting so long 12-17-09“All these bills—and others—will go before the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee for evaluation … Then, if usual Congressional practice is followed, selected features of all the proposals w... read more… A Sunday sermon to be savored 9-11-09On Sunday, Sept. 6, Rev. Nancy Taylor spoke courageously from the pulpit of the Congregational Church where she is the presiding minister. As she frequently does, Rev. Taylor began with a couple of experiences from her own life, relating those to the... read more… Experiences of Sonoma residents with health care in Europe and Canada 8-28-09Tomorrow, Aug. 29, we have an opportunity to publicly proclaim our support for reform of the American health care system. Whatever your personal preference for how that reform might be shaped, please spend just one hour of your Saturday morning in sh... read more… What they’re saying about health care reform 8-14-09U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders reminds us: Forty-six million uninsured; over 18 thousand people dying every single year because they don’t have access to a doctor when they should; we remain the only country in the industrialized world that d... read more… It’s up to you and me to demand genuine food safety 4-17-09Alarm bells have been clanging all over my in box for a month. E-mails from around the country raising fear and dread about a proposed piece of legislation. A bill with provisions sounding so draconian I wanted to believe the e-mails were hysterical ... read more… India, United States and Sonoma celebrate golden anniversary together 2-06-09Just over 100 years ago, Mohandas Gandhi launched a new way of waging conflict. Non-violence as a strategy for conflict resolution was not new. But Gandhi was the first to apply its power to wide-ranging social change. For the first time in history a... read more… A different kind of Thanksgiving 11-28-08Yesterday you likely celebrated a wonderful day of Thanksgiving. Here in Israel, of course, we didn’t celebrate that holiday, but I’ve come across a number of Thanksgiving expressions I thought you might enjoy. On Wednesday, Nov. 5, th... read more… We need a free and fair election in the United States of America 8-21-08November 4. Election day. I so looked forward to it. On October 18 I would give birth to my first baby and on November 4 I would cast my first vote. However, the baby waited until early November 4 to make her appearance, so I didn’t get to vote... read more… Federal laws can have profound deleterious effects on our little local community 8-14-08As Sonoma children prepare to return to their classrooms, we wonder how many children have been left behind as our teachers and administrators make Herculean efforts to successfully navigate the parameters of current legislation. Recently two memb... read more… just 'cause 5-19-08The Sun editorial written by The Sun's publisher and published on 6-19-2008: Joan Huguenard takes us out of our personal comfort zone. And that can be a good thing. That’s the case with the periodic topic for “just joan”: ... read more… Peace is a Picnic in the Park 11-01-07It was the loveliest day possible, this day that was all about peace. Folks gathered from throughout Sonoma County as well as from Palo Alto, Oakland, Walnut Creek and several other Bay Area cities for the first annual regional picnic for the Norther... read more… How come employers pay for medical care? (continued) 8-23-07Let’s get back to the discussion of how employers in the United States came to be responsible for the health care of their workers. Three weeks ago this column covered the history of health insurance up to the creation of Blue Cross and Blue Sh... read more… The case for a U.S. Department of Peace 4-19-07It could be said the whole idea originated when President George advocated our government establish a Peace Academy on an equal footing with West Point. Now, only a couple of hundred years later, pending legislation would bring George Washington&rsqu... read more… Whoa, Larry Barnett! 10-05-06Whoa, Larry Barnett. Just a darned minute. Are you actually saying (in the Sept. 28 edition of the Sun) there’s some similarity between the “violence of the Fascist movement …quickly altering the political landscape” in Europ... read more… |
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