Six reasons why snowbirds keep coming back to the Coachella Valley

The annual discussion about “snowbirds” and their impact on life in the Coachella Valley is fascinating — certainly not a topic even considered in northern climates! We are beginning our 12th year living in a small mobile-home park outside of Desert Hot Springs, and we spend... More

Competition from charter schools reduces black-white success gap

Alexis Willis (“Charter schools widen the gap between rich and poor students,” Nov. 5) should have read the Wall Street Journal piece praising the success of charter schools and their affirmative impact on public schools. More

Charter schools deliver superior education

The objective evidence is that charter schools deliver superior education results and raise the quality of existing public schools with which they compete. More

Letter writers have no sympathy for those afflicted with substance abuse

Douglas Muth (“Alcohol and drug abuse costs us,” Nov. 10) and Stephen Weiss (“No sympathy for druggies,” Nov. 6) equate morality and health. More

Addiction is a disease that needs treatment

I would like to respond to Douglas Muth's letter. He makes a point in his implication that drug addicts can be costly to taxpayers. Is this right? No. More