Across the state, family physicians (and other primary care physicians) are finding it more difficult to practice independently because the cost of running their practice is going up while their income from insurance companies and government health insurance programs is not keeping pace.

Every week, readers post about 1,000 comments in response to articles that appear on napavalleyregister.com, many sounding off about how they hate the decisions of politician A or public figure B. How often, though, do these bloggers do more than just vent their frustrations via keyboard?

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson is the subject of four (yes, four) investigations into allegations that he used his position to reward those who were friends and punish those who weren’t.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson is the subject of four (yes, four) investigations into allegations that he used his position to reward those who were friends and punish those who weren’t.

In regard to the latest misuse of the Clinton history:

I personally want to thank the members of the Silverado Middle School Boys and Girls Club. The club members worked for the last four weeks to send Easter greetings and good wishes to the less fortunate at our juvenile hall and county jail. It is very rewarding to see a group of middle school students thinking of others during this time in their life.

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has proposed another socialist solution to further aggravate the current credit crisis. The history of government interference in any market-driven industry always leads to disastrous results.

The medium is the message.

Kids reach out

Dear editor,                                                                                   

Government set stage for sub-prime disaste

Dear editor,

Saturday while browsing around a local bookstore, I found a paperback near the front of the shop titled “Nightmare in Napa” -- the cover photo featuring a model’s ruby red lips sensuously parting in anticipation of a sip from a glass of what looked to be a deep, sanguine syrah or merlot.

My wife is full on board with John McCain at this point; in fact I have been forced to wear a McCain t- shirt and cap around the house just to get along this week. Myself, I still reserve my judgment and may go with either Barack Obama or McCain. Obama did take a beating the last two weeks, but he appears to have taken a lickin' and kept on tickin'.

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