REPUBLICANS WON big victories in New Jersey and Virginia, taking back both governorships from the Democrats. But they suffered a stunning defeat in a congressional election in upstate New York.
THERE'S A difference between sensitivity and stupidity. If there were indeed signs that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood mass murderer, was becoming radicalized in his opposition to the U.
THOSE SPORTS nuts in Congress are at it again. It's bad enough that they tried to change how the NCAA crowns its Division I national football champion.
AT A CERTAIN point, the bureaucratic response of public officials is simply not enough. Unless and until our government leaders own up to their mistakes and accept responsibility, they are destined to repeat them.
WE DON'T KNOW why Faleh Hassan Almaleki came to this country in the mid-'90s, and it's unlikely he'll be able to tell us anytime soon. He's in jail in Maricopa County, Ariz.
THE SO-CALLED "newsroom brawl" between an editor and a writer at The Washington Post recently has been a fine distraction for the health-care-weary. The two men apparently came to blows over, of all things, words.
THE HISTORIC package of water legislation approved by the Legislature early Wednesday morning offers new hope for establishing a sensible, balanced approach to meeting the needs of water users and protecting the Delta ecosystem.
THE NOTORIOUS Riders case involving allegations that rogue officers were beating and framing residents in West Oakland cast a pall over the Oakland Police Department and soured relations with the community.
AFTER THE Oct. 24 gang rape of a 15-year-old on the Richmond High School campus, the city of Richmond must now go through the challenging process of healing.
FOR NEARLY six years, I have served on the board of trustees of the California State University system — the last two as its chairman. This experience has been more than just professional; it has been a deeply personal one.
STANDING IN a long line for a flu vaccination, the young man in front of me turned to his girlfriend and whispered, "Yeah, let's just tell the nurse we have asthma.
ACTRESS CATE Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing in Washington D.C., portraying someone less than regal — flurried, anxious Blanche DuBois, in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire.
A FEDERAL judicial panel on Oct. 21 rightly rejected yet another flimsy plan by California officials to reduce prison population. Now the state must come up with a reasonable plan by Thursday or potentially lose control of the prison system.
ALTHOUGH TUESDAY'S off-year election brought a couple of significant changes in some parts of the country, East Bay voters generally opted for the status quo.
ALTHOUGH TUESDAY'S off-year election brought a couple of significant changes in some parts of the country, East Bay voters generally opted for the status quo.
