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  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Border Violence No Big Threat to U.S., Report Says

    All the talk about Mexico's rampant drug-related violence bleeding into the U.S., along with the threat of terrorists creeping in from the southern border, is overblown, according to a new study. The Washington Office on Latin America, which promotes itself as a group focusing on human rights, demo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Playground Disaster: 10 Reasons Why Playground Festival Failed Miserably

    Kevin Lara/OC WeeklyThe only happy attendees at the Playground Fest this weekend?​Check out our photos of the festival acts hereCheck out our photos of the fans herePlayground Festival was doomed before it started. Thirty days before its debut, promoters constantly bragged about the festival becom ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    A Year of Navel Gazing: The Virtual Orange County

    Looking back at 2010 on our news blog, one Top 10 List at a time

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Ed Royce Slams Hillary Clinton For Coddling Vietnam

    Royce doesn't like Ho Chi Minh's legacy​Republican Congressman Ed Royce must be getting tired of U.S. officials ignoring what he sees as Vietnam's "ugly human rights record."The latest offender to Royce's sensibilities on the subject is Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.According to the veteran F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Some Salvadorans Here Can Breathe a (Temporary) Sigh of Relief

    ​If you're a Salvadoran whose Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is about to expire, you're in luck.U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that the Department of Homeland Security will extend the TPS for eligible nationals from the current Sept. 9, 2010, date through the new exp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Legalization Could Cut Costs, Increase Consumption of Marijuana: RAND Study

    ​A new study shows legalization and distribution of marijuana in California could cut the price of cannabis by up to 80 percent and increase consumption.Findings by the RAND Corp. also show revenues from taxing legal pot could be significantly higher or lower than the $1 billion estimated by the s ... More >>

  • News

    July 1, 2010

    An Immigrant's Heart

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big heart. But not this big

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Loretta Sanchez to Obama: Slap Vietnam Now!

    Sanchez is playing hardball with Vietnam​OC Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has a personal message today for President Barack Obama: Confront the Vietnamese prime minister over human rights violations in Vietnam.

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Serial Pedophile Who Bought 5-Year-Old Vietnamese Sex Slave is Up For Parole

    England wants freedom but hasn't admitted his sick sex crimes​A convicted California serial pedophile who despises Jews, cops and African Americans and who forced a kindergarten-age girl he purchased in Vietnam to become a sex slave to not only himself but also his German shepherd and basset hound ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2009

    An Investigation Into a SF Cop Killing Leads to a Chicago Professor Who Helped Launch Obama's Career

    England wants freedom but hasn't admitted his sick sex crimes​A convicted California serial pedophile who despises Jews, cops and African Americans and who forced a kindergarten-age girl he purchased in Vietnam to become a sex slave to not only himself but also his German shepherd and basset hound ... More >>

  • News

    June 18, 2009

    Meet Orly Taitz, Queen Bee of People Obsessed With Barack Obama's Birth Certificate

    England wants freedom but hasn't admitted his sick sex crimes​A convicted California serial pedophile who despises Jews, cops and African Americans and who forced a kindergarten-age girl he purchased in Vietnam to become a sex slave to not only himself but also his German shepherd and basset hound ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Rohrabacher Raises Serious Allegations About Mistreatment of Uighurs

    Photo by Jack GouldRohrabacher: Against at least some torture.The White House is relieved a home was finally found for 17 Muslim Uighurs from China who were held without justification at Guantanamo Bay, but their leading champion in Congress, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach), is still rais ... More >>

  • News

    December 18, 2008

    Buena Park Pastor Wiley Drake Believes He Still Has a Prayer of Unseating Barack Obama

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  • Columns

    July 12, 2007

    Letters

    '[Vang Pao] was tough in a tough country. He deserves to die in peace'

  • Features

    July 5, 2007

    The General's Last Stand

    Vang Pao devoted his life to fighting communism in Laos—until his onetime ally, the U.S. government, arrested him

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2006

    Odds and Ends

    Well, it was quite a weekend in Washington D.C. In a previous post, Alex did a fine job of spelling out the facts in the case of ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Predator). The only thing that can be added is that Foley has now headed down a familiar path-- as Josh Marshall puts it: "Ahhh, once again, the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2006

    Adapting in Iraq

    The last time I checked, the latest Bush administration slogan for its Iraq adventure is "Adapting to Win". This replaced "Stay the Course", which had fallen out of favor with the White House presumably since it might remind people just what "course" events are taking in Iraq. So, is Adapting to W ... More >>

  • Film

    January 19, 2006

    Looking for Laughs in All the Wrong Places

    Albert Brooks phones in the jokes

  • Columns

    September 1, 2005

    Stop the War

    I want to get off

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    Its a Wonderful Life

    How Howard Hills learned the true meaning of integrity

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    No Mo Moiso

    Grassroots campaign aims to stop homebuilder from invading OCs last protected wilderness area

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    The Good Soldier

    Lessons from the past for this generations military interrogators

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    The Church of Bush

    What liberal infidels will never understand about the president

  • News

    April 24, 2003

    Our Man In Baghdad

    What liberal infidels will never understand about the president

  • News

    April 3, 2003

    Straight Talk From the White House

    What liberal infidels will never understand about the president

  • Features

    September 12, 2002

    Rogue Statesman

    Congressman Dana Rohrabachers absolutely crazy, quite possibly illegal back-channel chats with the villains of Sept. 11

  • News

    August 29, 2002

    Our Man in San Salvador

    Notorious generals U.S. ties ran through an ex-OC cop

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    World Wars III, IV and V

    Notorious generals U.S. ties ran through an ex-OC cop

  • Features

    October 4, 2001

    Dr. Frankenbacher

    Huntington Beach Congressman Dana Rohrabacher helped arm the terrorists accused of attacking New York and Washington, D.C. Now hes got a new plan to save the world

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Shrubs Man In Madrid

    Lets send someone with lots of money and no experience to Spain

  • Features

    July 5, 2001

    True Lies?

    Ken Bucchi says he was a drug-running spook. The CIA says hes an impostor

  • Columns

    February 1, 2001

    The First 100 Days

    Selected transcripts from President Bushs Oval Office records

  • Columns

    June 8, 2000

    Letters

    Selected transcripts from President Bushs Oval Office records

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    The Tatum Chronicles

    News of OC businessman's high-profile assassination in a Moscow subway remains top-secret

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