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  1. Valley Voice: Best gift for a loved one is to make sure your heart is healthy

    To me, this quote by Robert Tizon sums up my feelings about what Saint Valentine's Day is all about. It is not only about the emotions of the heart, but also about the physical well-being of the heart, since without a healthy heart, one risks the possibility of not being able to love at all.

    • Feb. 13, 2012
  2. Fred Bell, chief operating officer of Noble & Company, a renewable energy company in Palm Desert, in the solar array his company built for Xavier College Preparatory High School in Palm Desert. The $1.6 million facility provides power to the school, and on the weekends puts power back onto the electrical grid. Richard Lui/The Desert Sun

    Valley Voice: Key to unlocking the promise of renewable energy is to think small

    In its 2011 report, the U.S. Department of Energy projects that the renewable energy sector will nearly double its output from 2009 to 2035.

    • Feb. 11, 2012
  3. Valley Voice: A duffel bag hauled around for 50 years reveals a cherished artifact

    A vital part of a soldier's gear, along with his fighting equipment, is his personal belongings. These possessions are central to the maintenance of his daily existence. And so this story of the Army-issued duffel bag unfolds. It followed this soldier over two continents, staying close to him for some 50 years.

    • Feb. 9, 2012
  4. Valley Voice: Children's theater should be part of all students' experience

    Support of children's theater and exposure to the arts has often been seen as an educational luxury. The time has come for it to be viewed as an essential part of the American education experience.

    • Feb. 8, 2012
  5. Valley Voice: Public opinion has turned the tide on gay marriage

    As a reporter who covered the Proposition 8 trial, I was not surprised by Tuesday's court victory upholding same-sex marriage in California. In fact, no one who has been paying attention to the public opinion polls on gay rights should be surprised.

    • Feb. 7, 2012
  6. Valley Voice: The top 1 percent of wage earners are paying their fair share

    How and when did it become so popular to rag on the rich? Are they really the incarnation of all evil as their uber-envious detractors claim? Are they Robin Hood in reverse?

    • Feb. 6, 2012
  7. Valley Voice: Obama deserves chance to finish what he started

    Not since Franklin Delano Roosevelt assumed office in the depths of the Great Depression has a president faced such daunting challenges as did President Barack Obama on his first day in office.

    • Feb. 5, 2012
  8. Valley Voice: GOP needs to put team together now to win in the fall

    I believe that the key to the Republicans winning the presidency in 2012 will depend on how this party performs from this day forward.

    • Feb. 5, 2012
  9. Max, a Brussels Griffon

    Valley Voice: Update on Max the dog, who steals the blanket and rules our world

    In November, I wrote an column in The Desert Sun on how we came to adopt a Brussels Griffon from a rescue group, despite my antipathy toward toy dogs. The power and reach of The Desert Sun and its huge readership is awesome. The column resulted in my receiving 60 letters and many phone calls.

    • Feb. 5, 2012

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