Editorials

YPG helps maintain freedom

BY COL. JOHN BULLINGTON

For the past eight years, America's men and women in uniform have observed our nation's proudest holiday far from home, serving to defend the ideals declared in Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. Our soldiers have served multiple deployments... Full story

Partial oppression doesn't translate into full freedom

BY TIBOR R. MACHAN

Some people seem to believe that when they aren't being directly oppressed - meddled with, intruded upon, interfered with and so on - they are then free. Americans often have this conception of being free because their various governments often leave... Full story

Extra senator no guarantee

BY DAVID ESPO, AP WRITER

Al Franken's victory in the marathon race to elect Minnesota's second senator gives Democrats control of 60 U.S. Senate seats, the number needed to overcome any Republican attempt aimed at blocking elements of President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda. But... Full story

It's time for celebration of freedom

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Many Yuma area residents will be marking the Fourth of July Saturday the way that the Founding Fathers intended for it to be remembered - with great celebration. There will a variety of events. Many will include food, especially watermelon, and entertainment... Full story

Formal process needed to fill vacant positions

In the coming days, the Yuma City Council will choose a temporary replacement for council member Ross Hieb, who has moved to Iowa, but it has become clear there is no formal process established to fill a vacated post.Yuma City Administrator Mark Watson... Full story

Trapping effort offered as way to deal with cats

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There seems to be a growing consensus that a solution to Yuma's costly and annoying feral cat problem should include a program involving trapping, neutering and returning them to the wild (TNR). While on the surface the idea of putting the wild cats... Full story

Brinkmanship over Arizona budget wrong

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Arizona's Gov. Jan Brewer and Republican lawmakers continued to wrestle with each other over a state budget Monday as the deadline to shut down state government approached. The issue was still unresolved as this was being written, but one thing is clear... Full story

Aquatic center result of joint resources use

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For a long time, residents of the Yuma Valley have been wanting a public swimming pool so they did not have to drive to ones in other parts of the city, and that dream is about to come true. In fact, they are getting more than they asked for. The Valley... Full story

Regulators have self-interest in not succeeding

BY TIBOR R. MACHAN

In a column in The New York Times on June 25, Judge Richard Posner wrote that "the most promising reform would be to give the Federal Reserve, the National Economic Council or the president’s Council of Economic Advisers the ability to collect and... Full story

Obama rebukes health critics

BY CHARLES BABINGTON, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Even for a Democratic president, Barack Obama's challenge to health insurance companies and free market principles this week was unusually pointed. A government-run health insurance option is needed "to discipline insurance companies," he said, part... Full story

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