Editorial: Courthouse assault calls for slap on wrist
Although the district attorney was legally obliged to prosecute the father of a sex-abuse victim on a battery charge - after he was accused of assaulting his daughter's suspected perpetrator outside the courthouse - prosecutors should use a practical approach and apply what amounts to a slap on the wrist.
Water Cooler: Is North Korea a serious threat to national security?
Panelists answered the question: Is North Korea a serious threat to national security?
Guest View: Why Junior won’t get a good job
“Saturday Night Live” once televised a piece speculating that President Franklin D. Roosevelt would have ignored Albert Einstein when Einstein warned FDR that the Nazis were stockpiling uranium. (Evidently, Einstein wrote, to build a futuristic bomb.)
Editorial: Fugitive case underscores flaws at local, federal levels
The case involving a Hollister man who is on the run and suspected of molesting a 5-year-old girl has underscored two major systematic flaws, one locally and one on the federal level, along with questionable judgment in allowing him to be free without bail considerations in the first place.
Water Cooler: Would police, fire contracts benefit community?
Panelists answered the following question: Do you believe contract arrangements between the two cities and county, for sharing of services in both fire protection and law enforcement, would be beneficial to the community as a whole?
