Opinion - Inside Bay Area

Tammerlin Drummond
	MORE TAMMERLIN DRUMMOND HEADLINES Tammerlin Drummond: Komen reverses decision but Planned Parenthood fallout continues Drummond: Documentary explores North's role in slavery Drummond: Hey, New York Times, Oakland is more than Uptown

Byron Williams
	MORE BYRON WILLIAMS HEADLINES Byron Williams: Blind alligience is good for sports, but bad for political debate Byron Williams: Cannot allow anger and fear to blind the electorate Byron Williams: A good, old-fashioned trouncing might help the GOP

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Dan Borenstein
	MORE DAN BORENSTEIN HEADLINES Daniel Borenstein: With $2.4 billion Contra Costa retirement debt, no one should pop champagne corks Daniel Borenstein: Pension funds should stop siphoning off investment returns Borenstein: Be honest, tell taxpayers how much we owe

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	Thomas Sowell: Republican character assassinations squandering chances for fall George F. Will: GOP's murky rhetoric on national defense dissipates advantage David Brooks: 'Flooding the zone' makes more sense that one-size-fits-all policy Maureen Dowd: When Tranformational Wife merges with the Transformational Figure Thomas Sowell: California's high-speed rail example of getting nowhere fast


	Feb 10 letters to the editor Great to give kids decent nutritionI was delighted to read the new USDA guidelines requiring schools to serve meals with twice as many fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, less sodium and fat, and no meat for breakfast. My Word: Finding strategies to help young men of color succeed At a Jan. 20 hearing of the Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color, Bay Area stakeholders came together on behalf of California's greatest asset: our young adults. Oakland Tribune editorial: Valley must pull together to fight India censorship The world s largest democracy falling into China-style Internet censorship should concern all of America, not just the Googles of the world. Ruben Navarrette: The Iranian nuclear possibility poses a threat to us all Feb. 9 letters to the editor

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	My Word: Finding strategies to help young men of color succeed My Word: Coaches' behavior behavior should be role model for youth My Word: Alameda charter amendment may prevent MIF land swap My Word: Transportation changes will happen My Word: Community must become partner in efffort to improve OPD

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