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.

Just when it seemed we’d seen everything we were going to see in President George W. Bush’s eight-year White House run, when the major issues facing the nation seemed to be in focus and the national party conventions set the tone for what many say is the most important presidential campaign in their lifetimes, news breaks out that sets the nation on its ear.

I am disappointed that the Register editorial board is encouraging people to vote no on Proposition 8. I question if you really thought about your reasons for opposing the measure.

Bloggermania II was Sturday at Veteran's Park in Yountville.

Health care reform is one of the most talked about, yet least acted upon, issues on the national political agenda.

Dear editor, Please let me be one of the first to acknowledge Sudie Pollock’s one-sided, cynical, psychic diatribe related to the future of the GOP (“Looking into the GOP crystal ball,” Sept. 22).

Dear editor, As a fairly faithful Republican, I have always believed in the free market and limited government. However, now that the Republican administration is abandoning this philosophy, I am upset that the “toxic mortgage” bailout is going to the corporations rather than to the ordinary people.

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

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