Proposition 83 Gives A False Sense of Security
Who doesn't want sex offenders tracked and kept away from children? As the only provider of services for victims of sexual assault in South Santa Clara and San Benito counties, Community Solutions is committed to our community's safety and victims' rights. However, as such, we recognize that Proposition 83, dubbed Jessica's Law, will not be conducive to protecting our community from sexual predators.
Dissent is Not the Same as Disloyalty in Political Discourse
In troubled times, it is too often easy to put pejorative labels on those who disagree with you. In recent speeches Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney have labeled those questioning the war in Iraq as appeasers and House Republican Leader John Boehner has said Democrats who question the administration's methods of interrogating and prosecuting terrorists are "more concerned about protecting terrorists than protecting the American people."Â Boehner's comments were so distasteful that even President Bush said he wouldn't have said them the same way.
State Propositions Would Incur Billions in Debt
I've addressed three statewide propositions in previous columns. This week's column is a roundup of how I'm voting (and why) on the remaining propositions.
Ben Gilmore’s Nov. 7 Election Picks
Our national motto, "e pluribus unum" is Latin for "from many one." It spoke of the unity of sovereign states into one nation. It also spoke of the melding of many cultures into one American culture. That culture, conceived in the 1600s, and born in 1776, grew to become the most creative, most productive, most benevolent, most liberating and most sustainable culture in human history!
