Charles Hartley

But this is the Internet Age and things have to move fast. Sound bites, not debates. Catch phrases like "essence of marriage" are preferred by some over actual comparisons of the privileges and responsibilities of different versions of marriage. There's no need to wait and see how something works when criticism can be posted immediately, and a rabble inspired to follow and donate.

While litigation back and forth over seal waste at the Children's Pool has been going on for several years, it was interesting to note this week some new waste of the city's own making at that local landmark.

While some decry the president as a scofflaw, haven't series of petty, paternalistic laws throughout our history created a nation of scofflaws? For me it probably started at the sheer silliness of trying to drive 55 miles per hour through the wide open expanse of California's Central Valley, though it certainly could have been the futility of imposing a drinking age of 21 years while I was an undergrad. For others, this includes heinous and notorious criminal acts as varied as smoking on a public beach or under-reporting tips to the IRS.

Instead, voters in four Democratic contests left their party's nomination undecided, and the California justices gave away little on their leanings in the pending litigation.

Apparently the various accusations back and forth over the last year about war, terrorism, torture, global warming, the economy and what not just don't measure up. Even

Sometimes it all boils down to labels. &