The Mercury News - Opinion
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Borenstein: California taxpayer pension costs grew eightfold since 1999; new plans add billions more8 days ago
What I learned from interviewing 49 candidates on Bay Area ballots6 days ago
Opinion: California must protect West Oakland from Trump's toxic coal terminal4 days ago
Why California's next El Niño won't end the state's water challenges5 hours ago
Carter: America's surveillance problem is much bigger than Flock7 hours ago
Opinion: State Legislature must close loopholes to protect Bay Area's air and water22 hours ago
Chabria: 'Surveillance pricing' is legal gouging. California legislators don't seem to care1 day ago
Jarvis: Trump's vaccine order puts parents in a bind1 day ago
Letters: Consequences will outlast Trump's war19 hours ago
Letters: San Jose City Council must restore land-use sanity19 hours ago
Drucker: Trump's army of election deniers is a problem on many levels4 days ago
Opinion: Artificial intelligence can imitate us, but it cannot truly design or invent4 days ago
Letters: No place in comics for 'Mallard Fillmore'19 hours ago
Letters: Palm trees belong in LA, not 'Valley of Oaks'19 hours ago
Opinion: San Jose residents deserve a voice in historic land-use decision next week4 days ago
Arellano: What gets me so angry about California's proposed billionaire tax5 days ago
Opinion: A balanced approach to Social Security5 days ago
Opinion: How Americans can defend their right to vote5 days ago
Letters: Vote yes on Prop. 43 to protect from runaway taxes19 hours ago
Letters: Congress needs fighters like Aisha Wahab19 hours ago
Drucker: You can't beat Susan Collins on working-class vibes alone6 days ago
Walters: California's catch-22 — Who should pay when utilities' power lines cause wildfires?6 days ago
Opinion: California studied employee ownership. SB 1174 would put the evidence to work.7 days ago
Opinion: No one who works full time should be on Medicaid7 days ago
Letters: World-class universities basis of economic 'luck'7 days ago
Letters: Stan's, Randy's make Santa Clara doughnut heaven7 days ago
Opinion: Mail-in ballots are still under attack. Mobile voting can protect access to ballot box.8 days ago
Opinion: WIC use drop is a warning, not a success story8 days ago
Walters: California school districts in L.A., Sacramento copy the Capitol's budget deficit dance8 days ago
Letters: Rand Paul and Senate GOP's witch hunt ignores Constitution8 days ago
Letters: Bias against their own entrenched in Latinos8 days ago
Opinion: Wildfires will only get worse until the US stops ignoring climate change11 days ago
Bloomberg: We can't fix America's schools without data11 days ago
Schram: The case for de-faking the news11 days ago
Opinion: Children affected by gun violence need support, or they may continue the cycle11 days ago
Letters: Don't be fooled into underfunding; vote no on Prop. 4311 days ago
Letters: Penalizing nonvoters would amount to a tax on the poor11 days ago
Opinion: Establishment partisans keep smearing ranked choice voting because they fear the majority12 days ago
Mukunda: What Elon Musk doesn't understand about abundance12 days ago
Schrager: Your fourth-grader shouldn't be worried about AI12 days ago
Opinion: Why so many Latinos in the US are anti-immigrant13 days ago
Abcarian: Shame on Trump, Rubio and Musk, who've enabled needless deaths around the world13 days ago
McCloskey: The case for making your life harder13 days ago
Letters: Shaming pet owners won't fix poor veterinary care13 days ago
Letters: Randy's Donuts location is an example of corporate greed13 days ago
Brownstein: Democrats' 2028 map reshapes the fight between left and center14 days ago
Jarvis: No Surprises Act could shock healthcare system14 days ago
Schrager: Americans richer than ever, and so angry14 days ago
Letters: Prop. 45 would take state back to bad old days14 days ago
Letters: Article's author fails to support glib data center opinion14 days ago
Opinion: Lurie is no Mamdani. San Francisco is fine with that.15 days ago
Barabak: O, Canada! Caught in crossfire, California wineries despair over Trump tariffs15 days ago
Mukunda: AI can create start-ups, just not good ones15 days ago
Jarvis: The No Surprises Act needs a dose of sunlight18 days ago
Opinion: Why the US should consider making voting compulsory18 days ago
Philp: The billionaires backing California Forever want Newsom to help. Will he?17 days ago
Opinion: America's wildlife refuges may no longer protect the animals18 days ago
Letters: Rapper Mistah F.A.B. should find safer ways to entertain kids18 days ago
Letters: Subsidized rent could be teachers' path to housing ladder18 days ago
Chabria: This California Republican has a plan for controlling AI. Can he make it happen?19 days ago
Opinion: When life gets hard, animals still depend on us19 days ago
Opinion: How to fix Social Security, in six words19 days ago
Letters: Affordable housing proposals should be ballot-proof19 days ago
Letters: Prop. 45 would help developers, not affordability19 days ago
Friedman: The quick-fix fantasies of the world's strongmen20 days ago
Is California's data center hysteria more hype than facts?20 days ago
Opinion: Californians have a rare chance to rein in CEQA and support housing20 days ago
Opinion: Democrats, watch your language. Please!21 days ago
Drucker: The US could 'abolish ICE.' Then what?21 days ago
Opinion: The housing crisis you're not hearing about21 days ago
Letters: There's something for everyone at Alameda County Library21 days ago
Letters: San Jose council should focus on bigger issues than bins21 days ago
Bhasin: Gulag in Gilroy: Finally, some NIMBYism I can get behind22 days ago
Chabria: Newsom pushes California to crack down on sex trafficking — fast22 days ago
Mathews: How California lost to Morocco in high-speed rail22 days ago
Letters: Smoky skies show need to prioritize environment22 days ago
Letters: Opinion piece oversimplifies money's political impact22 days ago
Leubsdorf: Trump administration threatens states to tighten voting rules25 days ago
Schrager: Houses are no longer the best place for your money25 days ago
Opinion: America is at war. Pete Hegseth is focused on beards and hormones.25 days ago
Skelton: Californians sour on Newsom's push to ban gas-powered cars25 days ago
Letters: Investment by data centers can win over communities25 days ago
Letters: Billionaires are trying to buy Prop. 40 election25 days ago
Calmes: Send Trump a message that the ICE killings have consequences26 days ago
Opinion: Veterans don't stop being veterans at the prison gate26 days ago
Bloomberg: Government-owned AI is a terrible idea26 days ago
Letters: Oakland drivers deserve safe, well-maintained streets26 days ago
Letters: Local control crucial to coastal towns like Half Moon Bay26 days ago
Drucker: Money isn't the root of all political evil27 days ago
Opinion: California schools are on the frontlines of fighting homelessness. Now they have funding.27 days ago
Jarvis: The cyclosporiasis outbreak is a master class in miscommunication27 days ago
Opinion: Big-money Bay Area interests try to shift tax burden onto the poor28 days ago
Hiltzik: Trump greenlights California's dumbest water project28 days ago
Opinion: Crucial task of protecting workers now falls to local enforcement28 days ago
Letters: Reflecting Pool fiasco sums up Trump's whole presidency28 days ago
Letters: Downtown San Jose needs more than workers to thrive28 days ago
Arellano: Two Lorenzos from Mexico. One fulfilled his American dream. ICE killed the other.29 days ago
Opinion: Don't ax proven ways to end homelessness29 days ago
Jarvis: It's alarmingly easy to get obesity drugs online29 days ago
