Other Voice: National security needs secrecy but also accountability
The newest revelations about the U.S. government collecting communications data underscore our hallowed American heritage of jealously guarding our privacy rights.
- Jun. 18, 2013
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The newest revelations about the U.S. government collecting communications data underscore our hallowed American heritage of jealously guarding our privacy rights.
June 19 is probably not a date most Americans would point to as historically significant.
Presidential Estates Homeowner's Association approved the trapping and killing of a mother coyote and her pups.
In reading the June 12 article about the upcoming Bush event at the Morongo Casino, it left my head shaking in disbelief.
On behalf of the trustees and staff of the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, I want to express our deep appreciation to the Coachella Valley community for your support, understanding, and assistance with the recent summit meeting at Sunnylands by President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China.
A number of libertarians and conservative populists have found data collection by the National Security Agency to be the final confirmation of their worst fears about Barack Obama and modern government.
Re: 'Team frees frogs in bid to save most-endangered amphibian,' Ian James, June 13.
Our generation is not doing a great job raising kids these days. They seem to very apathetic towards many things including rules that govern society.
A lot of us baby boomers, stubborn seniors or just plain 'old folks, have, as I did, refused to learn the magic of the computer. However, after the continued insistence of my grand-daughters I broke down.
Time Magazine brings more documentation that vegetarians live longer than their meat-chomping friends.
Ken Wagner is the inaugural principal for the new Rancho Mirage High School, which opens Sept. 3.
You don't need me to tell you, but it's a whole lot tougher leading a garage band than being a superstar. What you might not have known is just how much harder.
In 1973, following the OPEC-induced oil crisis, President Richard Nixon announced Project Independence. The goal was to make the U.S. energy self-sufficient by 1980.
The Salton Sea has long been known as a scenic wonder and one of the most important wetlands for migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway. But in recent years, the sea has also earned a reputation as California's crown jewel of renewable energy resources, given its known geothermal reserves and its ideal conditions for both solar and biofuel production.
Large-scale tragedies this spring put the spotlight on, among other things, the need for blood to be immediately available for local hospitals. If it happened here — would we be ready?
Recently, 23 students from Bubbling Wells Elementary earned a field trip to Barnes & Noble and Richie's Diner in Palm Desert for achieving their reading goal.
The plan of the Presidential Estates HOA to lethally trap a litter of coyotes while nurturing a colony of feral cats displays a level of inhumanity and ignorance beyond my capacity to address in 200 words.
After spending an evening in Eisenhower emergency in Rancho Mirage, I can see why the costs for medical care are out of control.
As a medical doctor with many thousands of hours of training, as well as many years of experience in the practice of psychiatry, I have the ability to diagnose and treat conditions that a nurse practitioner might miss.
When a city council chooses to give our tax dollars to a private individual so that they can fly around in a private jet with their entourage, is this fiscal responsibility?
I have to strongly agree with Russell Aston's letter (Which laws to break) in which he questions why it is becoming not only commonplace but acceptable to illegally enter the USA and have no consequences for this action.
With all the focus on National Security Agency 'spying,' we need to start talking about our expectations of 100 percent protection from terror — both at home and abroad.
The victim of a hit-and-run, I sat waiting for the police stunned from the impact in my car when a woman drove up, parked and exited her car. She came to me asked how I was and then said, 'I followed the other car and got the license plate number before it vanished.'
During the presidential visit here in the desert on Friday night, they had the estate dinner catered by Bobby Flay. He is a great chef, we all know. But it is kind of a slap of the face for the chefs here in the desert who could of done just as well as Bobby Flay.
Congratulations on breaking new journalistic ground. In my 65 years of reading newspapers, I have never seen dirty dishes as a front page headline.
In your paper of June 11, 2013 you proudly showed on page 1, top news of the world, the empty plate of the president, after having enjoyed a filet mignon prepared by Eric Wadlund.
President George W. Bush gave a speech in the desert this week — his fourth in 21/2 years — and once again reporters and the general public weren't allowed in.
Summers will be a little cooler for Desert Hot Springs residents, now that the John H. Furbee Aquatics Center is officially open.
Austin, Texas; the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles ... and Cathedral City? The first two are now well-known artistic enclaves, and if the organizers of AMFM have it right, Cathedral City could join the ranks if their art, music and film festival takes off
The local chapter of an organization with a mission of helping nonprofit organizations grow has big plans for Desert Best Friend's Closet.
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