Saturday's Valley Voices section contains an essay by Joe Hemphill on making the most of life in a wheelchair; Don Blakeley, a professor of philosophy at Fresno State, talks about the importance of reason and Paul Beare of Fresno State implores school districts and faculty associations to encourage the most experienced teachers to work where they are most needed, rather than where they are most comfortable.
Sunday's Vision section contains The Bee's recommendation for governor, and a how-to on voter registration. The cover page features a commentary on nuclear etiquette by Jon B. Wolfsthal, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Will North Korea play by the rules, he wonders. Maureen Dowd is at her snarky finest with a column full of witty instant messages among The Decider; sexylibrarian; DarthV; Rover08 and of course Rumstud74.
Vic Rosenthal is our featured letter writer of the week. He says his political philosophy is to annoy everyone. We have a pro-con debate on Attorney General Bill Lockyer's lawsuit against the carmakers. Victor Davis Hanson analyzes three recent books about Iraq, "Cobra II" "State of Denial" and "Fiasco." He criticizes these works for containing secret, unnamed sources.
The Valley's Top 10 list gives reasons to build housing tracts on farmland. No. 10 is that farmers won't have to worry about that pesky labor problem. "Blogging Across America" contains the winner of redstate.com's contest asking people to answer the question: "Why will you vote Republican in 2006?" in 100 words or less.
Robyn Blumner, a columnist for the St. Petersburg Times, says the shift in thinking revealed by the Military Commissions Act is an abomination.
Enjoy!
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