Tah Phrum Duh Bush

Perhaps the greatest nominations travesty, however, is the one involving Dawn E. Johnsen's selection to head the Justice Department's influential Office of Legal Counsel. … [T]he president should be given deference in choosing executive-branch officials who share his views. Read More

This is the advantage and danger of a televised debate - it can both define politics in ways beyond words and shrink the process to a single, otherwise irrelevant instant. Read More

There are many factors that explain this, including weakness abroad, an unprecedented spending binge at home and making a perfectly awful healthcare plan his signature domestic initiative. Read More

The annual installation and awards dinner of the Woodland Chamber of Commerce is scheduled for Friday, Jan 29, from 5:15 to 9 p.m. at the Woodland Elks Lodge, 500 Bush St. The theme of the evening will be "A Night on the Wharf," and includes the installation of 2010 President of Jim Hilliard. Read More

Twice in the last 30 years spending has sprinted ahead of revenue. Read More

Please add what you won't miss about 2000-2009 in comments. 1. Read More

Yeah, that's right, that thing I do like Tom Sawyer where I pretend I'm doing you some big favor by allowing you to paint the fence for me. Read More

In the Junk Drawer tonight:Researchers from the University of California believe the state's oldest plant is a 13,000-year-old oak bush in Riverside County.The researchers from the UC Davis and UC Riverside report in the online journal PLoS One that the Jurupa Oak is 1,000 years older than a Palm Springs creosote bush that was thought to be the oldest plant in the state.The researchers estimated the oak's age by measuring growth rings and the rate of its spread.They say the bush is unusual because it's out of its normal environment and there are no other members of its species nearby. Read More

Joe McKnight, star tailback of USC's football team, has been driving a sport utility vehicle owned by a Santa Monica businessman, an arrangement the school is investigating and which may be in violation of NCAA rules. Read More