Eugene Robinson: Would Trump pass a budget
WASHINGTON -- In political terms, who has the most to lose from this appalling brinksmanship over a federal government shutdown? House Speaker John Boehner? President Obama? Senate Democrats? Tea...
View ArticleDavid Corn: Paul Ryan's 'adult' budget
Google "Paul Ryan budget serious," and you'll be swamped with 22 million results. Add the word "adult," and 239,000 results will appear. There's been much musing within the politerati [1] that the...
View ArticlePeggy Noonan: Would Ike have gone to Libya?
Thick histories may well be written about how President Obama—a Democrat from the leftward wing of his party, a use-of-force skeptic who campaigned against Iraq as a war of choice—came to involve the...
View ArticleJames Taranto: Gallon of gas: $4; presidential sarcasm: priceless
"The biggest problem for me is being in the bubble," President Obama told Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly on Super Bowl Sunday. "Over time, you know, what happens is you feel like--that you're not...
View ArticleNFL, players disagree on talk mediator
WASHINGTON -- A day after the judge handling the NFL lockout lawsuit urged the sides to go "back to the table," the players and owners both expressed a willingness to do so. The hitch: Each offered to...
View ArticleMike Rogers: Castastrope looms, thanks to Obamacare
Put yourself in the shoes of a small business owner. You own a restaurant with 33 full-time employees and several dozen part-time workers. You offer health benefits to some because you feel that it's...
View ArticleInvestor's Business Daily: Obama's do-nothing oil policy hurts
Leadership: Making jokes about remembering what it was like to pump gas or speaking at a foreign-owned wind turbine plant does not ease the pain at the pump that has been orchestrated by the White...
View ArticleSupermarket site seized at $4 million loss
The former site of an Albertsons supermarket across from Golden West College in Huntington Beach has been taken back by the lender for $1 million, after no one bid on it at a foreclosure auction last...
View ArticleRise Against pulls through tough one in Long Beach
Things don’t always go as planned with live performances. When stuff starts to hit the fan, so to speak, that’s when the amateurs get separated from the professionals. Rise Against definitely falls...
View Article‘The Escort’ challenges notions about sex, prostitution
The young woman visiting her gynecologist is brimming with the confidence and can-do energy of a successful professional. "I have a Congressman who voted to save a wetlands because of me," Charlotte...
View ArticleProponents of park on disputed lot flesh out their plan
Since March 8, when San Clemente voters turned down a plan to convert a North Beach parking lot into a commercial village, some residents are asking the city to convert part of that lot into a park....
View ArticleOh, the things kids can ruin
There is a wide swath of devastation through my house nearly every day. It isn't caused by an earthquake in Indonesia or a hurricane in the Atlantic, but by two monsoons named Cheetah Boy and Curly...
View ArticleDid local kids help set jumping jacks record?
San Clemente's Boys & Girls Club is awaiting official word on whether it helped set a world record for jumping jacks. You might have seen 96 children from the club doing the familiar exercise March...
View ArticleTop classical music events in O.C.
Mozart Classical Orchestra Conductor Ami Porat and the Mozart Classical Orchestra close out their season doing what they do best – exploring the byways of the Classical period. The concert opens with a...
View Article‘Idol’ judges shocked by this week's boot
The audience is always right. Right? Well, the "American Idol" judges don't think so. After Pia Toscano, considered one of the best singers in the current round of the show, was eliminated Thursday...
View ArticleFamous rocks to visit around the world
Around the world, natural wonders have long been a part of history, with stories and myths being passed through generations. The following rocks and rock formations have become symbols of legend, hope,...
View ArticleWin tickets to see Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson
British author Howard Jacobson says he’d resigned himself to the idea that despite critical acclaim and popular success for the novels he wrote he’d probably never win one of the biggest literary...
View Article‘Incorrigible Children’ author comes to O.C.
For author Maryrose Wood, inspiration for "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place," her children's book series about a Victorian-era governess and her three wild, young charges, came from the...
View ArticleDeal averts government shutdown
WASHINGTON -- Perilously close to a government shutdown, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders reached a historic agreement late Friday night to cut about $38 billion in federal spending...
View ArticleClippers let lead, victory slip away
DALLAS – Listless on both ends of the court, the Dallas Mavericks needed a jolt. Corey Brewer gave them a biggie on the court. Jason Terry gave a bigger one on the sideline. Terry ripped into teammate...
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