How I Became Homeless
The first of a three-part series about one man’s experiences on the streets of Santa Barbara.
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Americans Deserve Jobs Act
America is still recovering from the worst economic crisis many of us have seen in our lifetimes. Fortunately, there is a plan to get us on the road to recovery.
Give Me Liberty or Give Me ObamaCare!
As a matter of policy, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) is a disaster for this country on numerous levels.
Sergio’s Music
Help honor the memory of young musician Sergio Romero, tragically killed in an accident last week.
Occupying Wall Street
A Santa Barbaran reports from the Occupy Wall Street protests in Lower Manhattan.
Patently Offensive
A June 2011 ABC News poll found that 93 percent of Americans believe that genetically modified foods should be labeled.
Nursing Home Whistleblower’s Unsung Story
Edmund Finucane, 70 years old, had long been in the habit of visiting residents of the Central Coast Nursing Center, which has now lost its license to operate.
In Pursuit of Happiness
I didn’t have the smoothest transition from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara. When I moved out here I didn’t have any friends or family around. With the turnaround that happens so much in Santa Barbara it’s hard to obtain a stable group of friends.
On Solar and Solyndra
Reports of the death of the solar industry are greatly exaggerated.
The Military Industrial Complex and You
Santa Barbara county taxpayers will give $811.8 million towards the Department of Defense’s budget for 2012, according to nationalpriorities.org. That’s not counting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; for those two wars county taxpayers have given an additional $1.9 billion since 2001, money that would otherwise have stayed in the local economy.