Letters: Masks, murals, Joe Biden, rent control
Individual choice Re: “What to say to a naked face” by Joey Garcia (Ask Joey, Sept. 3): Why talk to naked faces? My mask is…
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Is Joe Biden what we want? Or what we need?
The great philosopher Mick Jagger once said, “You can’t always get what you want / But if you try sometimes, you just might find /…
Do’s and don’ts for voters
Editor’s note: A checklist for the unprecedented November election campaign Labor Day is the traditional start of campaign season. But this election will be like…
Canna-Kamala
Can Kamala Harris change Joe Biden’s views on cannabis legalization? Legalization of cannabis has been relatively ignored as a presidential campaign issue, even though two-thirds…
Letters: Homelessness, presidential race, COVID spending
The real problem Re: “A matter of life and death” by Bob Erlenbusch (Essay, Aug. 12): Your efforts don’t treat the underlying problem. Homeless don’t…
The speech Joe Biden should give
‘I promise to serve only one term and to prepare my running mate, Kamala Harris, to become president. She will be the most powerful vice…
A terrible toll
Editor’s note: 200,000 dead from COVID-19, so why isn’t America a nation in mourning? On May 27, America passed an unimaginable milestone—100,000 dead in the…
Editor’s note: Terrible timing
Many millennials haven’t recovered from the Great Recession. The coronavirus pandemic is a second devastating blow. Some experts warned that the next economic downturn could…
Editor’s note: Shake it up
Should the Democratic nominee pick a Republican running mate? Do you want to be up until the wee hours of Nov. 3 waiting for our…
Essay: The Democratic circus
Party’s primary process may not produce strongest nominee By Eric Wiesenthal When the post-mortem on the 2020 presidential race is written, it may say: “There’s…
Bern-ing Sacramento
California hasn’t always mattered in presidential primaries. Bernie Sanders’ rally proves that’s about to change. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ visit to Sacramento last week confirmed…