Editor’s note: The following section of the article “Cap and Trade + High-Speed Rail = Environmental Disaster,” by Cherylyn Smith (Community Alliance, April 2015) contained some editorial errors. The [...] Continue Reading
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Letters to the Editor
Reform Fresno Unified By Mark Arax I don’t mean to pick on Ruth Gadebusch. She seems like a perfectly dear lady. Her regular column on education in these pages is a place of quaint ideas. However, [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – April
By Ernesto Saavedra “This is a very sad day for the Fresno Police Department, the citizens of Fresno, the law enforcement profession, and for me personally. Our department will continue to serve in a [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Parks Near Freeways Are Disgusting By Barbara Christl (Editor’s note: This comment is in reference to “More Poison Parks Planned” in the February 2015 issue.) Thank you Kevin Hall for continuing to [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor: February 2015
By Ernesto Saavedra It was a sunny day Dec. 27, 2014, in Fresno. People were slowly recovering from the holidays and preparing for New Year’s. Early that afternoon, while many were on their way to [...] Continue Reading
What Are They Afraid Of?
By Richard Stone I would like to report on a recent encounter I had at the Glen Agnes residential facility. About 18 months ago, at the request of a resident, I sought and received permission from the [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
By Ernesto Saavedra “Hell no! The time for remorse would have been when my husband was yelling to breathe. That would have been the time for him to show some type of remorse or some type of care for [...] Continue Reading
Are They That Dumb?
By Mike Starry Oil, gas and coal interests spent years blaming President Obama for everything and millions to help elect Republicans in 2014. Their use of diversionary tactics, “Look over there!” and [...] Continue Reading
Beyond: The Journey Toward Living as a Whole Person
By Richard Stone (Author’s note: Below is one of a series of excerpts from a book that will be running for the next few months. Let us know if you’d like to see more.) The book’s introduction [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
By Ernesto Saavedra It’s summer in December. As the leaves of autumn fall to make way for the winter to come, the heartbeat of the street lights up the night sky, emanating a heat that burns down [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – December 2014
Blight in Fresno Is a Major Problem Blight in Fresno is a major problem that many Fresno residents have long had to withstand. Currently, Fresno has more than 250 documented blighted properties in [...] Continue Reading