Opinion
We, the Mentally Ill
“Roger, on a scale of one to five in intensity, how would you rate the last week?” Read story.
By Roger Thompson
Thursday, May 15, 2008
With all the hubbub about the presidential primaries — the half-life of which has already exceeded that of plutonium — a lot of ... Read story.
The Angry Poodle grills up the lawsuit that the Santa Barbara News-Press filed against The Indy, which was settled ... Read story.
Patrick Windmiller is the 11th employee to hit the bricks in the past two weeks. Barney has the story ... Read story.
Michael Jackson’s 2,600-acre Neverland Ranch theoretically could be split into 100-acre parcels under current zoning, although such an extreme ... Read story.
We, the Mentally Ill
“Roger, on a scale of one to five in intensity, how would you rate the last week?” Read story.
By Roger Thompson
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Intelligence Establishment Calling It a Major Security Problem
Last April, Congress directed the National Intelligence Council to issue the first ever National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on climate change. Read story.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Overcoming Denial
For the last two years, my mother has flown to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, every few months to meet with her pro bono client, a 32-year-old Algerian man named Abdul Aziz Naji. Read story.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide
City councilmember Helene Schneider weighs in on what will happen when Santa Barbara County cuts back on mental health. Read story.
By Helene Schneider
Thursday, April 17, 2008
A Better Way to Learn
Why is it that people think having six classes in one day is the only way high schools can or should be structured? Read story.
By Jack Hobbs
Thursday, April 10, 2008
This letter is to support Measure V, the Santa Barbara City College District bond on the ballot on June 3. Measure V has broader community ... Read Letter
I hope that you are allowing opposing view points on Measure V. Measure V is flawed from the point of view of Mesa residents and ... Read Letter
We are disappointed to learn that developer Rick Caruso has failed to address concerns related to removal of the Miramar's unsightly seawall and hulking beach ... Read Letter
This brief letter is about a restrictive hearing timetable that limits citizen input on a big oil decision impacting our city. Carpinteria is soon conducting ... Read Letter
As an animal shelter volunteer, I sympathize with Santa Barbara County shelters’ struggle to accommodate the endless stream of homeless animals who pass through their ... Read Letter
D.J. Palladino's recent preview of Salman Rushdie's talk at UCSB [The Empire Writes Back, May 1] is a curiously mixed affair: the center bits given ... Read Letter
I would be remiss in not responding to Nick Welsh’s column [Dog Got Your Tongue?] concerning the court’s ruling on the subpoena for Paul Wellman’s ... Read Letter
What happened to Eight Belles at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday did not have to happen, and, as a veterinarian, I am frustrated and angry. ... Read Letter
Most of the reasons that Rep. Caps gives for supporting Barack Obama [Capps Endorses Obama]are intangible, schoolgirl crush type reasons that have no bearing in ... Read Letter
The Warriors/Warriors game the Poodle recalls [No Dogs Need Apply] might have been one of several. Between 1987 and 1991 the Carp Warriors played the ... Read Letter
Often, the person you see in campaign ads is not what you get after elected. Third District Supervisor candidate David Smyser advises us to “check ... Read Letter
I cannot tell you how upset I was to read what I consider to be a very biased article, written by Isabelle T. Walker in ... Read Letter
The time of year that my sister, Dana Mcpeek, disappeared is approaching. I can never adequately explain the pain that my family has endured because ... Read Letter
On Tuesday, May 6, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has a chance to make a real difference in our local pet overpopulation problem. ... Read Letter
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