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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: Nuking it Out: In a Fight against Storing Radioactive Waste, We Are in the Dark

By Jim Kempton Out of an inescapable curiosity, I attended a forum about the current state of the waste storage for the radioactive fuel rods…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: The Freedom of the Press is our Cardinal Liberty

By Jim Kempton “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should…

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Letters to the Community, SOAPBOX

Letter: Rebuttal to Jim Kempton’s Guest Opinion

Ron Bacon, San Juan Capistrano In response to the Guest Opinion by Jim Kempton published in the May 26-June 8 edition of The Capistrano Dispatch:…

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Letters to the Community, SOAPBOX

Letter: Technology Creates an Uncertain Future

Eugene Hallinan, San Clemente Normally I’m nonplussed with the content of Jim Kempton, a guest opinion writer for The Capistrano Dispatch. (Sorry, dude.) However, his…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: The Real Reality Show Goes on Air

By Jim Kempton The election is over, and we have a new president. Some are cheering. Some are weeping. What I find most disturbing is…

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LIVING, SJC Living

Wavelengths: Aunt Margaret was the Happiest Person I Ever Knew

By Jim Kempton Doesn’t everyone have a favorite relative? Mine was my Auntie Margaret. She was one of those special souls who made people feel…

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LIVING, SJC Living

Guest Opinion: Wavelengths: The Good Old Days

Were the days gone really any better than those today? By Jim Kempton If you are like me you occasionally receive emails that wax nostalgic…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: The Luck of the Draw

By Jim Kempton “It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.” – Joseph Conrad Why do Americans have such a…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: Security and Freedom

Americans seem to have forgotten the reasons behind our Bill of Rights By Jim Kempton “Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor…

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