http://www.register-pajaronian.com Opinion RSS Feed Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:28 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=8475 I sit here in bemused amazement at the comedy show those goofy politicians back there in D.C. are putting on for us. Even though politics is serious business, and each of us has an obligation to take it seriously, it appears, back there, they don't. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:43:03 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=8464 Here, in the middle of Lent, the Gospel lesson (Luke 13:1-9) includes two stories. The context for the stories is created the chapter before, in Luke 12:32, when Jesus says, "Do not be afraid, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:13:44 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=8440 "Such an odd, colorful set of people we've met here," I said. "I never thought finding new crew in Bermuda would be this interesting," first mate Lee agreed. This happy task of searching for crew threw us among people in general, and in Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:26:46 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=8434 The Feb. 23 letter from Rowland Rebele supporting the forced fluoridation of Watsonville's water concluded with the need to disagree agreeably. Since Mr. Rebele's considerable wealth has allowed him to provide substantial financial support to the Santa Cruz homeless shelter and other causes, he certainly deserves Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:15:43 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=8433 In the lawsuit between the Watsonville Pilots Association (and others) vs. the City of Watsonville, a Bay Area attorney, Andrea Saltzman, represented the city in the oral arguments at the appeals court. She pointed out that Watsonville owns the airport. In her argument to the Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:15:02 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=8427 With this week's lesson from Luke (13:31-35), we are one step closer to Jerusalem, one week closer to Good Friday and one week closer to Easter. Jesus is beginning his trip to Jerusalem. He is moving out from his ministry on the margins Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:48:55 -0600 http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.register-pajaronian.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=8417 Anthem Blue Cross of California's recent 39 percent health insurance increase is shocking to everyone except its customers. As a longtime Anthem Blue Cross customer, my insurance has gone up 400 percent since 2000. For 15 years, my wife and I jockeyed our budget Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:29:49 -0600