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Opinion: San Diego has no good reason not to use empty trailers to help homeless people

Delbert Williams II — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 14:06:05 +0000

[ad_1] Re “San Diego got 20 trailers to shelter homeless people during COVID-19. They’ve been in storage for years” (Jan 29): Todd Gloria Mayor’s spokesperson Dave Rowland deserves a “blame game” trophy for blaming the city for its failure to deploy the 20 trailers the state provided to house the homeless. people of the previous [...]

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Katie Hobbs says Republicans should treat Midwesterners the same way they treat Mexicans

Delbert Williams II — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:01:53 +0000

[ad_1] For anyone thinking of moving to Arizona, please find somewhere else. We are full. seriously. (Well, as “serious” as an opinion I get from someone who isn’t a demographer and didn’t bother to consult a demographer before writing this screed.) Water is scarce, roads are congested, and the cost of living is so high [...]

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Volatility ahead as Fed prepares for another rate hike

Delbert Williams II — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000

[ad_1] The Federal Reserve (Fed) is widely expected to announce another rate hike on February 1st. Statements from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and Chairman Jerome Powell’s post-meeting press conference are dissected in detail for endless debates about the future. The Federal Reserve’s actions start all over again. The media circus around short-term policy [...]

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Western companies still support Russia’s war

Delbert Williams II — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000

[ad_1] How is Russia still fighting in Ukraine? Nearly a year after a “special military operation” against its western neighbor, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s military misadventures have cost the country’s armed forces enormous costs and left Moscow a global powerhouse with few credible international partners. changed to a pariah. Over time, knowledgeable observers predict that [...]

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Opinion: Auburn football is fine

Delbert Williams II — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 13:47:14 +0000

[ad_1] At 28, I was born blue and orange, but I grew up watching the best moments from one of America’s greatest shows. My father, Jeff Redding, said I rooted for Auburn not because I wanted to be like him (I still do), but because of its rich history and trend-setting tradition. He convinced me [...]

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Opinion: Memories of the Holocaust – and lessons we haven’t learned yet

Delbert Williams II — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 13:10:24 +0000

[ad_1] The German ocean liner St. Louis left Hamburg in 1939. Her 937 passengers on board were trying to escape the genocide. Hitler’s German Nuremberg Laws classified Jews as an inferior race. Jewish children were expelled from school. Concentration camps were open. Jewish-owned businesses were destroyed. Adolf Hitler told parliament, “If war breaks out, it [...]

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Resources are finite. More housing is not our only goal.

Delbert Williams II — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 13:01:15 +0000

[ad_1] What happens to us chickens when the land is redeveloped? “We are the chickens that live in our family’s backyard and lay eggs to deal with rising costs. And what will happen to the gardens they’ve cared for and served up clean, locally grown food?” “I’m a rat in the weeds at the end [...]

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Serving as a civil grand jury was meaningful and fulfilling.

Delbert Williams II — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 13:15:50 +0000

[ad_1] As it was the end of the day, I had an appointment with the judge in his office. I had never been to a judge’s office before, so I was pleased to find it to be an unintimidating, ordinary office. She asked me why I wanted to serve on a civil grand jury, and [...]

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Pavlich: Classified Documents Scandal: Biden Knows Better

Delbert Williams II — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:15:00 +0000

[ad_1] When Joe Biden ran for the White House against President Trump in 2020, he called on the American people to restore structure, competence, character and abide by the rules. It’s time to go back, he said. “Adults take center stage!” liberal pundits wrote or parroted under their breath on cable TV. But years later, [...]

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Debt ceiling set on fire

Delbert Williams II — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 13:05:44 +0000

[ad_1] Today, the world is facing an unprecedented crisis. When Russia invaded Ukraine, the world came as close to nuclear war as it did during the height of the Cold War. US inflation is over her 300% normal. Other developed countries associated with this effort, such as the UK, saw even greater inflation. Supply chains [...]

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