Another View: A Republican race to the California center

Almost three years ago, in the glow of a decisive re-election victory as California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed himself a "post-partisan" leader who would not be limited by the dogma of the two major parties. Ever since, conservative Republicans in the state have smoldered quietly, avoiding open revolt against their party's nominal leader but counting the days until one of their own could replace Schwarzenegger.

Another View: Let’s stick with mammograms

On Monday, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force took a step backward in the fight against breast cancer. The task force announced that it would no longer recommend routine mammograms for women between the ages of 40 and 49, a group that accounts for about one out of six breast cancers. The recommendation is based on data that find that mammograms do reduce the risk of death in these women, but apparently not enough deaths to recommend that all women 40 to 49 should be screened.

View From The Right: To thine own self be true

Where have all the feminists gone? Sure, they're everywhere to be seen when it comes to the matter of Nancy Pelosi's health-care legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, insisting that American women should have the right to end their unborn babies' lives on the taxpayers' dime. But there is no love for a beauty queen who simply gave her opinion, when asked, during a beauty pageant. Since then, she's had a target on her chest. It's been a shameful expose of what's important to feminists.

Village Idiot: Enjoy the gift of corpses this holiday season

About two weeks ago, I started noticing ads for a movie that opens Thanksgiving Day. It is the soft-focus, romantic holiday comedy, "Ninja Assassin." Too bad the ad is filled with deadly throwing stars and knife-wielding, wall-walking martial artists who kick people in the face and gut enemies in super slow-mo. What could say "Thanksgiving" more than "Ninja Assassin"?

Politics Today: No matter what happens, the top issue is jobs

In recent days, there have been four major events with the potential to dominate news coverage for many, many days: the off-year elections, the Fort Hood shootings, the House passage of Obama-PelosiCare and the rise of unemployment to 10.2 percent. In most discussions -- in the papers, on television and on radio -- unemployment has ranked fourth among the four. The others were newer, or more immediate, or more compelling, at least for a while.