Editorial: Court should act soon on Prop. 8
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The California Supreme Court could decide as early as today two huge legal issues related to Proposition 8. That's the ballot initiative with which a majority of voters changed the California Constitution to eliminate same-sex marriage.

Editorial: State needs to be ready for warming
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In responding to climate change, California can't just lead on efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. As a state that is already vulnerable to floods and droughts, it must be ready to adapt to ever more extreme forces that a warming world will unleash.
Daniel Weintraub: Foundations look to enter the news business
By Daniel Weintraub - 12:00 am
MARINA DEL REY – For most of my 25 years in journalism, I have been covering the swings in the economy and the effects of those ups and downs on the lives and fortunes of Californians and other Americans. Now I am seeing the impact of the latest gyration up close and personal, in the layoffs, buyouts and restructuring that are changing the face of the news business.
Charles Morris: A recession can clear the air
By Charles Morris - 12:00 am
Virtually all of America's financial and political artillery has been dragooned into the great task of heading off a recession. This is exactly the wrong way to go. As painful as it will be in the short run, a recession is just what we need.
Margaret Colgate Love: In defense of pardons
By Margaret Colgate Love - 12:00 am
Margaret Colgate Love: In defense of pardonAs President Bush's term nears its end, rumors abound that he will grant a lot of final pardons. Hundreds of clemency applications have been filed with the Justice Department in the past year, a reflection of the popular belief that pardoning is an end-of-term phenomenon in which all presidents indulge.
Letters: K Street, fiscal crisis, bicycles, Proposition 8, etc.
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Re "K Street plan faces new snag" (Our Region, Nov. 16): So it appears that Joe Zeiden is backing out of his proposal for the 700 block of K Street? Is this surprising? Not really. These absentee landlords do not have a strong enough commitment to Sacramento to stick with a project. When the going gets tough, they just go away.
Call to readers: Let us give thanks
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For the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, The Bee would like to hear what you believe citizens should be thankful for this year. Write a maximum of 250 words on this topic, then e-mail the article to topics@sacbee.com or mail it to Opinion Pages, The Sacramento Bee, P.O. Box 15779, Sacramento, CA 95852. Please include a daytime telephone number.
Kathleen Parker: Religious right threatens Republican Party's future
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As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit.

Capital Public Radio Commentaries
Commentary: Go slow on unproven technology


The Sacramento City council has ordered its staff to slow down on a futuristic project to turn city garbage into electricity. Commentator Ginger Rutland thinks the slower approach makes sense.
Posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Conversation
The Conversation: Can bikes and cars coexist?
By Daniel Weintraub - Sunday, November 16 2008 - 12:00 am
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Driving home from work after dark a couple of weeks ago, I was just about to turn left off a busy commercial street near my house when I spied, out of the black, a cyclist coming at me from the opposite direction. He was clad in dark clothes, had no light or visible reflectors on his bike, and was powering, head down, as fast as he could go.

The Conversation Forum

Daniel Weintraub
Daniel Weintraub: Foundations look to enter the news business

MARINA DEL REY – For most of my 25 years in journalism, I have been covering the swings in the economy and the effects of those ups and downs on the lives and fortunes of Californians and other Americans. Now I am seeing the impact of the latest gyration up close and personal, in the layoffs, buyouts and restructuring that are changing the face of the news business.

Melanie Sill
From the Editor: The Bee serves as town square in print, online

On Oct. 24, a week and a half before the election, editorial page columnist Dan Weintraub posted these questions in a Bee online forum called The Conversation:

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America's historic vote echoes across Africa

MAUN, Botswana – We were in the bush searching for lions when the polls opened on the East Coast for the U.S. presidential election.

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