They're being entirely unreasonable, full of bluster and demonstrating little care for the consequences.

Sixteen months after Haiti was supposed to hold a critical round of elections, the voting procedure remains on hold. The country's warring political factions can't agree on a date or the membership of the panel that would supervise the process. Even the U.N. Security Council is reaching the end of its tether with Haiti's political leaders.
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Last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division, California's merchandise export trade was valued at somewhere between $124.6 billion and $164.4 billion. It was either up 1.8 percent over the preceding year or down by 6.2 percent.
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As a mom and teacher, I am challenged again and again by the amount of junk food in our nation's schools. Like all parents, I want my child to be healthy, happy and successful.
The best part of the rise of online education is that it forces us to ask: What is a university for?
• Joe Livernois writes about a pleasant hospital billing experience – in Mexico.
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The Government Accountability Office injected a sense of realism into the high-speed rail debate, detailing in its March 28 report just how large infrastructure projects of this kind work. But the naysayers led by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, and Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock, don't seem to be listening.
There once was a time when your doctor or pharmacist may have advised you to flush any unused prescription drugs down the toilet. Many people still do so out of habit. If you are one of those, please think twice.

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We've chosen finalists on "tunnel muck," and it's time for your vote. The winner will receive a signed color print of Steve Greenberg's cartoon with the winning caption Vote for your favorite.
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At last count, the California state prison system housed 33,777 inmates diagnosed with significant mental illness, including 6,051 with severe conditions such as schizophrenia.

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All eyes will be on Sacramento's own Justice Anthony M. Kennedy this week when the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral argument in two important cases dealing with issues of fairness and equality under the law. These cases ask whether our Constitution allows same-sex relationships to be treated differently than their opposite-sex counterparts.

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Should a reporter disclose to readers that an interview was done via text, instead of in person or on the phone?

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Fifty years ago this month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a monumental decision, ruling that state courts were required to provide legal counsel in criminal cases for defendants who could not afford to pay for their own lawyers.

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