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Ode To The Light Bulb
Katy Grimes: Say goodbye to the incandescent light bulb, designed by Thomas Edison in 1879 and perfected by General Electric in 1906. The Washington Post reported today, “The last major General Electric factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the
Read MoreDemystifying the Prop. 23 battle
SEPT. 8, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Californians are faced with unusual issues every election cycle — this November is no different, with challenging “lifestyle” ballot initiatives to sort through. Proposition 23, “the California Jobs Initiative” is probably one of the
Read MoreUnion hack seeks OC supe seat
Steven Greenhut: Former Assemblyman Todd Spitzer, who recently got fired from his job at the OC district attorney’s office for alleged bad behavior, now wants to return to the Board of Supervisors. Granted, anything is better than letting him become
Read MoreACLU right to fight Orwellian preschool microchip
John Seiler: The ACLU is fighting an Orwellian scheme in Contra Costa to microchip preschoolers, as if they were dogs. You have to wonder what kind of people would enslave kids like that. Think back to your own childhood. Wasn’t
Read MoreO'Connell's Street Without Joy
Anthony Pignataro: I saw a lot of things driving into San Luis Obispo County this morning — rolling hills, wineries, a road sign indicating bear-crossing, a California Highway Patrolman rousting a homeless man from a freeway gully, the intersection where
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