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About Primary Voting

The voting system has been watered down. We need reliable voter identity.

Cannabis Valley

I am not against the growing of cannabis, but I believe that its growth in Carpinteria is out of control.

Incalculable Harm

People interested in fleeing to countries with the lowest rates should go to Singapore (safest in the world), China, Oman, Japan, or Taiwan.

In Memoriam | Joe Mock: 1957-2022

Joe “Mama” Mock was a nightclub deejay, musician, mentor, and constant cheerleader for Santa Barbara talent at his show on KTYD, when the station seemed to blare from every construction site and car radio.

Taught or Not?

The conventions of spoken and written English are not a matter of intuition, and they are not automatic. They’re not a mystery, either. How we learn to read, decode, and make sense of language is well-understood by researchers who have studied the “science of reading” for decades.

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