Editorial
Each year, states come up with new laws that go into effect Jan. 1. More>>

Salinas library closings show poor priorities
America is a set of ideals: representative government evolved from a long history of Western ideals. It is a shared identity of common values of free speech, private property and meritocracy. The free flow of ideas not hindered by religion or an oppressive government, all of which are handed down by means of books. More>>