At first glance, I can’t really blame folks if they find it difficult to be thankful this Thanksgiving. A casual look around reveals a lot of sad, troubling news. We have a thoroughly constipated and useless federal government. The parties fight like two kids in a sandbox. If you don’t have a job or are [...]
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Although we did well on election night, the result was not what we had hoped for. However, words cannot describe how grateful I am for all the support our campaign received. Because of all your efforts, our campaign was an amazing success. Despite the disappointing result from the Fairfield City Council election, we should be [...]
Many people are lamenting the failure of the congressional supercommittee to come up with an agreement on ways to reduce the runaway federal deficits. But you cannot judge success or failure without knowing what the goal was. If you think the goal was to solve the country’s fiscal crisis, then obviously the supercommittee was a [...]
Newt Gingrich got his new spot atop the GOP presidential field the old-fashioned way: He earned it. You have to give him credit. And you have to respect his remarkable climb to the upper tier of GOP candidates. After all, this is a candidate whose campaign was, just a few months ago, running on empty. [...]
For Latino voters, the 2012 election will likely come down to a choice between two things they hold dear: loyalty and respect. If they want to be loyal to a brand name that they have supported for the last 50 years, Latinos will vote Democratic to re-elect Barack Obama. Just like Latino grandmothers who buy [...]
FAIRFIELD — Another rain season is in its infancy, with only time to tell whether Solano County will see reservoir-topping, soil-sopping deluges, drought or something between. But there is room for educated guesses. After all, if magazines such as Sports Illustrated can predict the Super Bowl winner, right down to the game score, three months before [...]
FAIRFIELD — Emily Qvistgaard has a lot for which to be thankful. On Sept. 10, the 14-year-old Rodriguez High School freshman received a kidney transplant. She was in end-stage renal disease and chose a transplant over dialysis. She had managed her condition with medication and diet while waiting for the transplant. Daily Republic readers met [...]
When it comes to global trade, the nation’s waterways and the sea lanes are in desperate need of rethinking. In the 1850s Abraham Lincoln represented a railroad in a dispute with a river steamboat company. He claimed railroads were necessary for economic growth and westward expansion. Tony Munoz, editor of Maritime Executive Magazine, has explored [...]
I love Thanksgiving. It’s my second favorite holiday because, let’s face it, nothing beats Groundhog Day. Tomorrow is turkey day. It’s the one day of the year where we are expected to sit around the dinner table and give thanks, but with the current condition of our country, what do we really have to be [...]
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