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In the past few years, crime rates have been gone way up. I wonder why? I think the fact that it is now very rare that a person gets the punishment they deserve plays a very major role. Same with some people that seem to get away with tons of very serious stuff before being put in jail for a longer time than you go on vacation.

As an editor for many years, perhaps too many years, I have come to think in headlines.

In May of 2005 I founded the Napa Musicians Performance Guild, a nonprofit organization pending 501(c)3 status.

 A few key grafs from Hanson's piece on realclearpolitics.com:

I am still not 100% sure who I am going to vote for, but I now for the first time I get the sense that Obama is going to win.

Giving up the car, even for a day, is something most Californians just don’t seem able to do or even think about.

While the domestic economy and the nation’s role in international affairs may dominate the concerns of American voters and the campaigns of the candidates, many argue that one of the most significant executive powers is the naming of judges to the federal bench, and especially the naming of justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.

During the annual — or, perhaps, perennial — impasse over the California state budget, those in and around Sacramento play a little guessing game, called the budget pool, on when it will be enacted.

Dear editor, Bush, Cheney, Rove and all their cronies should go to prison for high crimes committed in the last eight years.

Dear editor, I have written to you before, and after you printed my letter we were able to get some positive results.

Dear editor, The need for improved traffic control in Napa is evidenced by traffic jams. Idle time, increased gas consumption and vehicle wear are at levels that justify adding 30 percent to a used car’s odometer.

This whole situation with Keith Caldwell and the improper educational bonuses stinks to high heaven, and now the American Canyon City Council has added to the mess by failing to do their Democratic duty to the public and tell us the truth about what went on. It shows real gutlessness on the part of the American Canyon City Council, and couldn’t be a more undemocratic decision.

Barack Obama chose Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate ... what do you think of the choice?

(Editor's note: The comments on this crashed about 9:30 a.m Friday, right after McCain's announcement. We were able to rebuild most but not all of the comments)