My friends, whatever happened to the good McCain? In a country split down the middle by partisan tensions, the "maverick" from Arizona - although culturally and fiscally conservative - used to offer us...

These past weeks I've heard several people discuss the issue of interreligious relationships. It's a tough and sensitive subject for some to talk about. Many get very emotional and defensive whenever this...

On Oct. 12, while many Americans sat on the couch to watch football, or maybe take a Sunday nap, local Iranian-Americans young and old went to the Quinlan Community Center in Cupertino to connect with...

What would become known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP - get it?) began as an incredibly vague and audacious 2-and-a-half page document designed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed...

The beautiful thing about baseball is that it can't be scripted. Television executives are quivering at the sight of a Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies World Series this year. The Rays have come...

Tragedy fell upon De Anza College Sept. 30, when student Omar Jibril, 21, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Homestead Road in Sunnyvale.Jibril was riding his motorcycle to school that morning. As...

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Up to this point, the United States has experienced ten recessions since the end of World War II. And since the double dipper of the early 1980s, recessions have been less frequent and rather mild.Today...

Abortion, one of the country's most hot-button issues, is on the ballot again.Proposition 4 would make it mandatory for doctors performing abortions on pregnant minors to notify their parents beforehand...

The battle between pro-choice and pro-life camps is rife with staggering quantities of misinformation. The mud being slung back and forth has proven an obscuring deterrent to voter comprehension many times,...