Paul T. McDaniel

Politics destroys friendships

I have never seen friendships and relationships destroyed at the rate they are today. The really shameful thing is that it is all so stupid as each person, whether liberal or conse ...

Why didn’t ‘W’ show up?

Watching both of the political parties’ conventions I saw President Clinton on the second round and couldn’t keep from wondering why George “W” (Bush) was not at the GOP c ...

Why Wal-Mart again?

Much confusion exists concerning our status as a nation, state, city and county. We find ourselves being asked to cut almost all areas. Our so-called leaders really got us screwed ...

Media help break system

Today we see our government broken. The U.S. Congress can?t get anything accomplished. The two houses just squabble and go nowhere. What?s wrong? The cable news media is a great pa ...

Give the troops a break

We read about the ill acts of our troops while in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. We even see the pictures of them displaying dead terrorists. This is sad to say the least. Having ...

Martha Stewart for president

Well, George Washington must be rolling over in his grave. In his exit speech one of the major warnings he left us with was not to become too partisan. Not only have we done just ...

Did Wal-Mart charm supes?

Why won’t our county supervisors let us know what is going on? The Wal-Mart issue was supposedly settled in the mid- ’90s when the location was determined to be unsuitable as ...

Leaders should share the blame

The recent picture showing the U.S. Marines urinating on some terrorists’ corpses is alarming, to say the least (Journal, Jan. 15). Having served more than one tour in Vietnam I ...

Local meetings inspire disgust

I’m often asked why I don’t attend the meetings of the Placer County Board of Supervisors or the city of Auburn. That’s really easy for me to respond to. Let me first answer ...

Squeezed out by the big boxes

Paul T. McDaniel got it right (Reader Input, Nov. 15). Sometimes traffic is relatively light, but when people are traveling to work or returning, Highway 49 is awful. He’s also r ...