Wayne Mellinger: Triple Challenged Can’t Grapple with Their Demons Alone
For the homeless, the mentally ill and the addicted, society needs to step up with institutional help
George Runner: New Tax Interpretation Will Help Farmers Switch to Solar Power
California Board of Equalization clarifies exemption, ensuring its availability for agricultural expenses
Patty DeDominic: What’s On the Minds of High Achievers?
Take control of 2012 with a look at your health, wealth and time management
Adam Probolsky: Voters Are Receptive to Raising Local Revenues
Recent elections indicate voters don't lump in local government with institutional dysfunction in Sacramento and Washington
Helene Schneider: Mayor’s Year-End Message to Santa Barbara Community
There were many accomplishments in 2011 for which the city's residents can be proud, with much work still to be done in 2012
Jack Friedlander: SBCC’s Role in Meeting Today’s Challenges
Aspen Institute finalist award helps validate the college's commitment to achieving high levels of student learning
Wayne Mellinger: Remembering the Past — Empire, Subjugation and Collective Amnesia
225th anniversary of Santa Barbara's Old Mission requires remembering the 1824 Chumash uprising
Ron Werft: Safety and Security at Our Local Hospitals
Maintaining state-of-the-art systems always a priority for Cottage Health System
Jackie Ruka: How to Control Stress Before the Holidays
Proactive approach can be the best way to go, and can help relate with others in your lifeDarryl Genis: Santa Barbara Police Making ‘Malicious, Unfounded’ Attacks
Defense attorney fires back at police union over claims that he violated State Bar's professional conduct codesEric Beecher: Santa Barbara Police Officers Rebuke Genis Over Misconduct Allegations
Union asserts that defense attorney is violating State Bar's professional conduct codes
Wayne Mellinger: Changing Your Holiday Shopping Practices
Seize the opportunity to support local jobs, the nation's economy and the planet
Gov. Jerry Brown: Going Straight to Voters with Funding Initiative for Education, Public Safety
Stakes are too high to let partisan gridlock derail plan to get state back on track
Wayne Mellinger: Bummed Out By Hatred
Writer's us-vs.-them logic against Santa Barbara's homeless an exercise in dehumanization
Betty Fernandez: Sales of Bank-Owned Properties on Rise
Banks cracking down on California homeowners after passage of Senate Bill 458, but there are ways to avoid foreclosureWayne Mellinger: Praxis, a Spiritual Process That Can Save Our World
Changing our behavior and putting our values into action will ensure our survival
George Runner: Californians Should Get Another Vote on High-Speed Rail
Proposition 1A has doubled in cost, to nearly $100 million, since it was narrowly approved in 2008, and it shouldn't be assumed that residents still support it
Deidre Dubin: Parent-Teacher Conferences for Special-Needs Students
A checkup on your child's progress and challenges at school should include specific questions and goals
Jack Friedlander: The Next Steps for SBCC Continuing Education
Achieving the Vision Task Force will work to create a fee-based, self-supported program that will meet the needs of all students
Randy Rowse: Reflections from a Political Neophyte
Santa Barbara facing issues far too serious to be sidetracked by partisan politicsRic Oberlink: Barbara Jordan and Immigration Reform
Implementing the recommendations of her U.S. commission would have helped ward off many of today's problems
Wesley Smith: Assisted Suicide Is the Euthanasia of Hope
Effort to legalize assisted suicide ignores the opportunity for patients to change their minds, or cheat death
Elaine Ellis Thomas: Suicide’s Echoes Reverberate Long After the Death
The best way to come to terms with the tragic loss of a loved one is to talk with others who have lived through it
Eric Onnen: Logic Requires a Goleta Council Vote for Bishop Ranch Initiation
By keeping the development decision in the planning process, the city will have more control over its outcome
Rev. Sandy Casey-Martus: A Mother’s Reflection of 9/11
Emotions still strong 10 years after waiting hours that fateful morning to hear from a daughter working in the World Trade CenterFrances Lauten: Looking Back on 9/11 Through a Child’s Eyes
Ten years after the terrorist attacks, a teenager from New York City writes about the searing history she witnessed that dayKaren Engberg: Confessions of a Bookie
Planned Parenthood's annual book sale inspires futile effort to devolumize at homeKarl Hutterer: Planning for the Future of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Great thought and careful consideration have gone into the process of crafting the museum's master development plan
Daniel Petry: Where, Oh Where Is Cindy Sheehan?
Three years and two more wars later, and vocal activists are suddenly silentHelene Schneider and Jim Armstrong: City of Santa Barbara Will Review Allegations in DUI Series
Officials take the responsibility seriously and will take appropriate action if needed
Isabelle D’Arcy: The Precarious Position of Anti-Poverty Programs
Talk of debt ceiling and default continuously ignores the substantial impacts on the poorGino DiCaro: California Should Lead in All Jobs, Not Just 2 Percent of Them
Green employment is hardly the answer to the state's accelerating job losses
Andy Clarke: Capps, and Government, Hardly Impediments to California’s Business Vibrancy
Tom Watson missing the bigger picture of what makes the state's high-tech business humTom Torlakson and Bill Cirone: School Budget Cuts Taking a Steep Toll
Districts in Santa Barbara County and throughout the state are in fiscal jeopardy
Wayne Mellinger: Serving the Poor Heeds the Call of a Higher Power
Aside from social justice, helping the homeless the right thing for our community to do- 1. Capps Applauds Federal Agreement with Mortgage Servicers, Urges More Action
- 2. Genealogical Society Meeting to Feature Look at 200-Year-Old Torah Restoration
- 3. County Supervisors Approve First Reading of Oil Pipeline Agreement for Venoco
- 4. Williams Unveils College Scholarship Program for Middle-Class Families
- 5. U.S. Youth Volleyball League Opens Registration for Goleta Program
- 1. Harris Sherline: Obama Administration’s Contempt for Law at Core of Energy Policy (28 comments)
- 2. Randy Alcorn: Not One True Conservative in the Republican Cave (14 comments)
- 3. Ken Williams: Does Death Ever Tire of Taking Santa Barbara’s Homeless? (11 comments)
- 4. Michelle Malkin: Virginia Rep. Jim Moran, Racist Pig (10 comments)
- 5. Mona Charen: Removing Planned Parenthood’s Fig Leaf (9 comments)
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