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The steps of the dance called life changes as the music does
"Life's a dance you learn as you go" – Part of the chorus to John Michael Montgomery's song "Life's a Dance."
Joe Bazookas need to enjoy stepping on gooey gum
If there is a merciful deity, there is a special spot reserved in hell for those who abuse the privilege of chewing bubble gum in public.
Congress runs America like the Titantic
The Titanic should have taught us all a lesson. When the ship of state hits an iceberg, it's the rich and powerful to the lifeboats first while the rest of us are left scrambling around like a bunch of trapped rats on a sinking ship.
The rich – and powerful – are different than you and I
I get it now.
Freeing the angel inside
Saturday, an angel incarcerated for 556 years finally saw the light of day.
Manteca needs to create Moffat transit village
Transit villages are supposedly cutting edge concepts in urban planning.
The most cost effective health care solution is you and I
"We have met the enemy and he is us." – The much quoted line from Pogo comic strip from 1971
Get ready for The sequel: ‘Kindergartner Governor’
The 1906 Earthquake couldn't do it.
Moffat project is more than just planting 250 trees
In better times proceeding with the planting of 250 trees along the Tidewater Bikeway's Moffat Boulevard leg would be a no brainer.
Without Prop. 13 California would be in worse shape
Proposition 13 has become the whipping boy for many playing the blame game for the current budget deficit as well as the weakened condition of public education in California.
Nominations for worst store clerk
In the beginning, they were simply clerks.
That $4 bridge toll is a real deal as are many of our government services
It was time to pay the piper.
Manteca’s ‘Fields of Dreams’
I have to admit that I wasn't emotionally moved when I first saw "Field of Dreams" some 20 years ago.
Time to stop enabling criminals
It was, as they say, a defining moment.
Downtown Manteca at crossroads
Petula Clark would not have been inspired to sing her 1960s hit "Downtown" were she to walk the streets in the heart of Manteca today.
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Gun rights: Trusting your government & not theirs
There is a connection between being allowed to carry a concealed weapon and national security, but it isn't what you think.
Coming home to a place I had never been before
I had bonked the previous day on Sonora Pass on a 90-degree day. It was the sixth day of a fully loaded touring bicycling trip with two teen boys. I was carrying 80 pounds of gear and supplies on my touring bicycle. They were on racing bicycles with just handlebar bags. The object was to crisscross seven major Sierra passes in seven days. The previous day we had crested Tioga Pass and were headed to Topaz Lake via Sonora Pass before tackling Monitor Pass and heading home to Lincoln.
Special day for teens
Curtiss Beyers was lured onto the dance floor by the opening beat of the opening number of Thursday's special-needs Valentine's Day Dance.
A sign that romance still flourishes today
The kid looked guilty.
Strings attached to money is what ails public schools
Money is what is wrong with public education.
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