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  1. Shirar Robert Shirar from an undated family photo. Shirar was shot and later died after an altercation with CHP officers Monday May 21, 2012. Photo provided by Adam Castillo.

    Thumbs down: A year is too long to investigate a shooting

    How is it that a year has passed since a California Highway Patrol officer shot and killed a man during a confrontation on Interstate 10 without resolution?

    • May 24, 2013
  2. Copper tubes have become a favorite target for thieves. Wade Byars/The Desert Sun

    Thumbs down: Ruining the AC at a school is not cool

    Copper wire thieves hit a new low this month when they hit the air-conditioning units at Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School in Indio.

    • May 24, 2013
  3. Col. Joseph Snyder and Jessica Nguyen speak during a presentation on Operation Babylift on Monday at Gerald Ford Elementary School in Indian Wells. Crystal Chatham/The Desert Sun

    Thumbs up: A fine moment for Gerald Ford

    Local students at a school named in honor of President Gerald Ford got an important history lesson this week focused on a moment in history often overlooked when discussing his presidency: Operation Babylift.

    • May 24, 2013
  4. Joshua Tree in silhouette in Joshua Tree National Park. Raju Chebium/Desert Sun Washington Bureau

    Thumbs up: Joshua Tree will weather the storm

    This summer, many iconic national parks across the nation will be cutting back on staffing, closing some campgrounds and scaling back on popular programs because of mandatory budget cuts that took effect March 1.

    • May 24, 2013
  5. Our Voice: Agencies must account for all taxpayer dollars

    Audits are part of the cost of doing business, especially for government agencies.

    • May 23, 2013
  6. Our Voice: California Legislature must commit to transparency

    'Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman,' Associate Justice Louis Brandeis wrote in 1913.

    • May 22, 2013
  7. Xi Jinping, now China's president, and President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Feb. 14. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

    Our Voice: Another historic meeting at Sunnylands

    A comment from James W. Miller, a retired clinical researcher at Desert Oasis Healthcare, on the online version of our story announcing that President Obama would meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Annenberg Retreat said it well: 'What a fitting and glorious venue for these leaders to meet!'

    • May 22, 2013
  8. California Gov. Jerry Brown wants to give school districts more control over the money they receive from the state and provide poorer districts with a larger share of state aid. Renee. C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee via AP

    Our Voice: Stand your ground, governor

    Gov. Jerry Brown is on the right track with his mid-May revisions to the state budget. All he needs to do is get his fellow Democrats in the Legislature to go along.

    • May 18, 2013
  9. Bill O'Reilly. GNS

    What happened, Mr. President?

    It hasn't been a great week for the Obama folks, as the scandal du jour tour has firmly taken hold. Every day it seems another federal agency is exposed as having intimidated, snooped, covered up or gone to Vegas on the taxpayer dime. Zimbabwe is even making fun of us.

    • May 18, 2013
  10. Dan Walters. Sacramento Bee

    School aid, safety-net programs conflict

    Twenty-five years ago, California voters approved — albeit very narrowly — the education community's ballot measure that engraved a complex school-finance structure into the state constitution.

    • May 18, 2013
  11. Tejay van Garderen of the USA riding for BMC Racing leads Javier Acevedo of Colombia riding for Jamis-Hagens Berman on the climb to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway for the finish of Stage Two of the 2013 Amgen Tour of California on Monday. Acevedo won. Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

    Thumbs up: Cyclists brave the desert heat

    Monday was horrifically hot — and nobody felt it as deeply as the professional cyclists who blazed through the Coachella Valley during the Amgen Tour of California, the fourth-largest cycling event in the world.

    • May 17, 2013
  12. A passenger jet lands at the Palm Springs International Airport. A 1percent increase in tourist taxes has been proposed to increase flights during the summer. Michael Snyder, The Desert Sun

    Thumbs up: How to keep the planes coming in the summer

    It's a conundrum: How do you attract more tourists to the Coachella Valley during the slow summer season when it actually costs more to get here?

    • May 17, 2013
  13. Cathedral City Police Officer Heather Olsen, left, and Cathedral City High School Assistant Principal Karen Dimick discovered a potential teen suicide through social media. The teen was a student in New Jersey. Omar Ornelas, The Desert Sun

    Thumbs up: Smart social media action likely saved a young life

    We live in a voyeuristic society.

    • May 17, 2013
  14. Patrick Mullany. Michael Snyder, The Desert Sun

    Thumbs down: Message on perks is loud, clear

    A highly contentious issue in Indian Wells was finally put to bed on Thursday.

    • May 17, 2013
  15. Brian Nestande and Jose Medina talk to The Desert Sun editorial board. Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun

    Our Voice: Assembly positions shouldn't be for sale

    Everyone knows the cliché attributed to Mark Hanna, who managed the presidential campaign of William McKinley when the Republican outspent Democrat William Jennings Bryan by more than 10 to one in 1896: 'There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money, and I can't remember what the second one is.'

    • May 16, 2013
  16. Other Views: Obama administration assaults press freedom

    In Washington, as in any seat of power, most acts of folly begin with hubris.

    • May 15, 2013
  17. MONTE WOLVERTON/LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS

    Our Voice: Searching for a magic number

    Gov. Jerry Brown is doing the right thing by refusing to reduce the California prison population further despite threats of contempt from federal judges.

    • May 11, 2013
  18. Sen. Bill Emmerson. Wade Byars, The Desert Sun

    Politics kill realignment reform proposal

    Recently, the Democrat majority on the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee voted along party lines to defeat the Realignment Reinvestment Act.

    • May 11, 2013
  19. Dan Walters. Sacramento Bee

    Immigration reform backed by California Assembly

    State legislators often conduct their windiest floor debates over nonbinding 'resolutions' commending this or that, condemning this or that, or beseeching Congress to do this or that.

    • May 11, 2013
  20. Bill O'Reilly. GNS

    Bill O'Reilly: Freedom under fire

    Every time there's a horrendous story about kidnapping or child molestation America loses another ounce of freedom.

    • May 11, 2013
  21. Matt Cauthron, right, data teacher at Cathedral City High School with his senior digital arts students, setting up to shoot the honorees, teachers and administrators at the Digicom Film Festival Tuesday at Palm Springs High School. Wade Byars/The Desert Sun

    Thumbs up: New generation of filmmakers

    If Palm Springs is truly going to remain a film festival hot spot — the Palm Springs International Film Festival, ShortFest and many others — and also achieve the dream of becoming an incubator for film talent through advanced educational programs, we as a community need to make the effort to grow our own talent.

    • May 10, 2013
  22. The Smart Policing Initiative in Indio has found a link between truancy and burglaries. Marilyn Chung/The Desert Sun

    Thumbs up: Truancy and crime just go hand in hand

    There's a widely held belief that truancy and criminal activity go hand in hand.

    • May 10, 2013
  23. Hikers walk along the Bear Creek Trail in La Quinta. Gerry Maceda/Special to The Desert Sun

    Thumbs up:We're happy with more trails

    When asked how they would like to see Measure J funds spent, many in Palm Springs said they'd like to see investment in bike and walking paths.

    • May 10, 2013
  24. Palm Desert High School Class of 2012 attends the graduation ceremony last June. Richard Lui/The Desert Sun

    Our Voice: Teachers shouldn't skip graduation over salaries

    Palm Desert High School teachers should reconsider their decision to boycott graduation and get back to the bargaining table.

    • May 9, 2013
  25. Marijuana. (Courtesy of Eric Woomer)

    Our Voice: Court makes good call on medical marijuana

    The 7-0 decision by the California Supreme Court that cities and counties have the right to control medical marijuana dispensaries is an appropriate declaration of support for local control and sensible zoning laws.

    • May 8, 2013
  26. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., president pro tempore, right, and Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., walk to the floor of the Senate during a vote on legislation to collect sales tax on Internet purchases, on Monday. J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press

    Our Voice: Sales tax on out-of-state retailers is long overdue

    The U.S. Senate voted Monday for tax equity that brick-and-mortar retailers have been awaiting for more than 20 years.

    • May 7, 2013
  27. Roger Shintaku, general manager of the Salton Sea Authority, at the northwestern end of the Salton Sea on the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians reservation. Ian James/The Desert Sun

    Engineer has strategies to improve the Salton Sea

    MONDAY NEWSMAKER: Roger Shintaku became general manager of the Salton Sea Authority in January. Shintaku, a civil engineer, has a background including experience in strategic planning, project development, water resources planning and liaison work with governmental agencies.

    • May 5, 2013
  28. The college eligibility rate for the class of 2012 was just 16 percent at the Palm Springs Unified School District. It was 26 percent at Coachella Valley Unified and 31 percent at Desert Sands — all below county and state averages. Crystal Chatham/The Desert Sun

    Our Voice: Open the doors to higher education

    Whenever I sit in front of a graduating class, as I will in a few weeks, I can't help but imagine a row of doors behind me, with each graduate holding tightly to a set of keys.

    • May 4, 2013
  29. Dan Walters. Sacramento Bee

    Careless remark may sink Delta conservation plan

    Earlier this week, California Gov. Jerry Brown's point man on the highly controversial proposal to bore tunnels beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta found himself in political hot water.

    • May 4, 2013
  30. Bill O'Reilly. (Gannett News Service/Fox News Channel)

    Bill O'Reilly: We can help amputees

    Living in the shadows of the ongoing war on terror are 1,715 American military people who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • May 4, 2013

Do you agree with President Obama’s assertion that drone attacks are a “legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy”?

Retrieving results.
Yes, they're a way to defend ourselves without putting American lives at risk
82%
29 votes
No, they increase hatred of Americans in the Middle East
17%
6 votes

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