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Town Crier: What socialism is — and what it isn't
Is it true that the United States is becoming a socialist country?
Nov 06, 2009 | 6 6 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Living Green: The three R’s
To be good caretakers of our planet, we need to be successful in all three R’s of living green: reduce, reuse and recycle.
Nov 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Her Voice: Time to rethink and reimagine health care reform
We need to discuss national health care, instead of quoting conventional wisdom engineered by vested interests to keep us from thinking and questioning.
Nov 03, 2009 | 2 2 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Her Voice: Race at crux of marriage license case
Is it a justice’s prerogative to deny a couple a marriage license based on his personal belief that whites should not marry blacks?
Oct 28, 2009 | 3 3 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Second Thoughts: Safety is more than just statistics
Is Tracy safe? It’s a question many have asked in the wake of a torture victim’s escape, a deadly kidnapping and a robbery-turned-homicide.
Oct 23, 2009 | 19 19 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Living Green: No need to fear the compost pile
I am a very absent-minded composter, and yet, with all my negligence, I still manage to make good compost.
Oct 21, 2009 | 4 4 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Her Voice: Why we’re afraid of the night
by Alex Kielhurn
Oct 21, 2009 | 27 27 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
We have tennis courts open to the public, green fields for the kids to run and play, and a threat to our lives after dark.
Snapshots: Tracy High band marches through adversity
by Glenn Moore
Oct 17, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
For years, the band practiced for parades with a quick march down a quiet stretch of Franklin Street, but no more.
Town Crier: Finding success in all the right places
by Dave Hardesty/ For the Tracy Press
Oct 13, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
True success isn't about how much money you make, but finding fulfillment in what you do.
Living Green: Your cell phone is not a disposable razor
by Christina Frankel
Oct 06, 2009 | 3 3 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
If you have an electronic gadget that is not working — because you dropped it, sat on it or dunked in a toilet — don’t throw it away. Recycle it.
Town Crier: The strange state of monogamy
by Samina Masood
Oct 06, 2009 | 15 15 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
True monogamy implies one man and one woman being happy in each other’s company for the rest of their lives. Is this yet another fairy tale?
Town Crier: Tracy must be more than an interstate exit
by Brian Williams
Sep 29, 2009 | 37 37 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
As I sipped the last of my morning coffee early last Friday, my wife uttered the dreaded three words.
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