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As he prepares to make history when inaugurated Tuesday as the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama reminds me more strikingly each day of one of his predecessors. COMMUNITY VIEWPOINT: Gibbon's budget could be his last chance I've said it before and I'll say it again: If shooting yourself in the foot were an Olympic event, Gov. Jim Gibbons would be a gold medalist. Letters to the Editor Jerry Brown steps back into the limelight WASHINGTON -- Last November, 13,084,570 California voters expressed themselves for or against Proposition 8, which said their state's Constitution should be amended to define marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman. The voters, confident they had a right to decide this question by referendum, endorsed Proposition 8 by a margin of 52.3 to 47.7. The perils and joys of self-esteem When you look at the audience numbers for TV and then add up the incarcerated felons, Alzheimer's patients and confirmed barflies in America, it dawns on you who is watching TV these days -- people unable to lead normal productive lives -- and yet they give out awards for this stuff and the hosts of shows are driven to and fro in Lincoln Town Cars and they suffer from toxic self-esteem. TV is wallpaper nowadays and those talking heads might as well be talking to the smoked trout in Murray's Deli or the No Parking signs along Broadway, as people do from time to time, but we allow them their delusions. |
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