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“Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” – Mark Twain

The many thousands who regularly use the state’s large and varied park system were among the most distraught of Californians when legislators and Gov. Jerry Brown last year imposed cuts and closures on the system, with 70 parks scheduled for shuttering early this summer.

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You hear a lot of talk these days about English needing to be the official language in the United States. And some folks get downright cranky when they overhear immigrants speaking in their native tongue. But I say, “Get over yourselves, people” because have you heard what’s going on with the English language these days?

It is hard for a modest-sized church to do all it wants to do:

Time to boost your IRA balance. In 2013, you can contribute up to $5,500 to your Roth or traditional IRA. If you will be 50 or older by the end of 2013, your contribution limit is actually $6,500 this year, thanks to the IRS’s “catch-up” provision. The new limits represent a $500 increase from 2012 levels.

If you want to get my dander up, one surefire method is to suggest that a public policy issue shouldn't even be discussed.

I received more than a few letters asking about a new vaccine

If you are a woman over 40, or for other reasons have hit that