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I probably should wait to write this, because writing done when you're angry rarely turns out well. But I just heard about the four police officers who were killed Sunday morning in Parkland, Wash., and I am mad as hell....

Actually the Pilgrims weren't first. True: the US celebrates Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday each November in their honor. And, yes, family members and friends hold a hearty Thanksgiving dinner , gathering in memory of how they celebrated at...

POLITICAL OPINION The men and women of the United States military need a Commander-in-Chief who not only has their back, but one who would call another out for even suggesting that they do not put their lives on the line...

POLITICAL OPINION Pat does not like Sarah Palin. If Pat doesn't like Sarah Palin, than I would feel pretty confident stating Republicans need to stay away from giving Palin the go-ahead nomination for 2012. Pat is as Independent as they...

According to Newsweek magazine, 11% of the American public continues to believe that President Barack Obama is a Muslim. Many more than that may express at least some level of doubt on that particular question. First of all, let me...

The Albany Bulb is a San Francisco Bay Area landfill that is in the process of becoming a park. There's more, but in this case, pictures really are worth thousands of words. Click here to see the entire gallery. Photos...

Is Barack Obama too intelligent to be president? Before you read any further, you need to know this isn't going to be a piece denigrating the intelligence of the American people, the Republican Party or anyone else. It's just about...

More reasons why we might be better off without a federal government (except for defense, etc.): The thought that we are one country anymore in anything but some amorphous feeling of national pride is almost delusional. What does someone living...

A charismatic president, an untamed river and international diplomacy: all combine to tell a fascinating story. As we commemorate the day US President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery on November 25, 1963 , his...

It was always a strange story, and now it has become a desperately sad one. Mike Penner, 52, a sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times, was found dead in his home Friday. The cause of death reported in the paper...