Opinion » July 2009

Are Cal Am’s proposals good for the county, or just Cal Am?
It is high noon for public opinion about a new water supply. The state Public Utilities Commission will hold local public hearings on July 13 and 14 in Monterey and... read on»
By George Riley posted July 02, 2009 12:00 AM
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The king is dead, long live the king.
F or many performers, top billing at the county fair is as good as the comeback trail ever gets. Michael Jackson had bigger ambitions. Two years ago, London’s Daily... read on»
By Greg Beato posted July 02, 2009 12:00 AM
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Is technology helping, or hurting, the reformers’ cause?
In a 1979 column on the abdication of the Shah, William F. Buckley noted with wonderment that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s agitprop communiques, divined from his Parisian exile and recorded onto... read on»
By Michael C. Moynihan posted June 25, 2009 12:00 AM
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Right wing unloads but comes up empty in anti-Sotomayor drive.
Just weeks into the GOP’s jihad against Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, it’s clear that their assault is coming up empty. ... read on»
By Markos Moulitsas posted June 18, 2009 12:00 AM
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Hail and farewell to Monterey Live.
During its tumultuous and less-than-profitable run, Monterey Live served the community in a fundamentally important way, by bringing diverse and exemplary brands of music back to Monterey. (See news story)... read on»
By Erhman Hall posted June 18, 2009 12:00 AM
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Will Israeli and Arab leaders get the message?
The bold resolve of U.S. President Barack Obama to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict poses a clear challenge to Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Obama’s challenge to Arab leaders is... read on»
By Patrick Seale posted June 11, 2009 12:00 AM
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A new gender inequality for the new millennium – and two others.
Ihave often written that there is no more glass ceiling and no more salary gap. OK. So if the gender gaps are these feminist favorites, then are there gender gaps... read on»
By Penelope Trunk posted June 11, 2009 12:00 AM
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Proposition 8 decision sows seeds of discord.
It was Election Night 2008, and amidst the general newsroom euphoria about the Obama victory (let’s dispense with the false pieties about “objectivity” – everyone here was relieved that our... read on»
By Paul Wilner posted June 04, 2009 12:00 AM
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