From the Orange County chapters of the Lincoln Club to the interior pages of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, it’s been a good year for Ayn Rand and especially. Full Article at Reason
you ask voters what their top concerns are, they are much more interested in how you are going to reduce violent crime, how you are going to solve the prison crisis, how you are going to tackle financial crimes - issues that affect Californians in... Full Article at SGVTribune.com
Jean Sorrels Lora Jean Sorrels was born into a military family on June 20, 1951, in Columbus, Ohio, and made her transition to our Lord's heaven on December 12, 2009. Full Article at Austin American-Statesman
WHEN it comes to elections, Angelenos are mired in a vicious losing streak. Take last week's City Council runoff election between Paul Krekorian and Christine Essel. Full Article at L.A. Daily News
Monroe County is poised to end the year with a surplus of between $2.7 million and $7.4 million, or less than 1 percent of the county budget, according to a report from the county's budget staff. Full Article at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The Yarmouth woman and her three children were in danger of losing their apartment. The 50-year-old woman's husband had suffered from mental illness for years. He made it worse by drinking and taking drugs. Rehab never seemed to work. Full Article at Cape Cod Online
In lieu of a public option for health-care reform, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced a tentative, still-nebulous compromise this week that allows people 55 to 64 to "buy in" to Medicare starting in 2011. Full Article at Mother Jones
Authorities continue to round up the conspirators they say paid off at least seven examiners from the state license bureau in Delray Beach to get drivers licenses to more than 1,500 illegal immigrants. Full Article at South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jo Ann Roberts (1929-2009) Jo Ann Roberts of Ashland, Ky. , died Monday evening, Dec. 7, 2009, in King’s Daughters Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was the widow of J. Bryan Roberts, who died six months ago. Full Article at Ashland Daily Independent
It was bad enough, police say, when someone took documents about Jodi Beth Kahn's arrest, as well as medical bills and collection notices, and placed them on the windshields of her neighbors' cars and the community mailbox, and mailed them to her... Full Article at South Florida Sun-Sentinel