By Al Fonzi This week the progressive Democrats can't wait to jump on the "extreme green" train to the land of lollipops, popsicles, and unicorns as they actually drag the nation down to the depths of environmental hell. The "Green New Deal" touted by progressive...

New Times March 01, 2018 Opinion » Rhetoric & Reason A cascade of failure By Al Fonzi Once again America is witness to a homegrown atrocity as a deranged teen slaughtered his former peers. The debate on guns, their availability, and lethality is generating a...

January 04, 2018 Opinion » Rhetoric & Reason The coming challenge: part I By Al Fonzi The year 2018 presents challenges for Americans not experienced since the storm clouds of World War II loomed over the Atlantic and Pacific horizons. In 1941, Britain had...

December 21, 2017 Opinion » Rhetoric & Reason A grave threat to the Republic By Al Fonzi   First, let me wish all readers of New Times and its staff a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. That being said to the annoyance of the "PC police," the Republic is in...

November 23, 2017 Opinion » Rhetoric & Reason NewTimes Being thankful for Thanksgiving By Al Fonzi It's that time of year again when local media reinforce the negative aspects of popular culture and unwittingly contribute to the general debasement of national...

NEW TIMES   November 09, 2017 By Al Fonzi Click Here Living in dark...

NEW TIMES SLO Email Favorite Share September 28, 2017 Opinion » Rhetoric & Reason First Amendment under fire By Al Fonzi Kathy Reidmann's last column surprised me: I never thought to see the day when a liberal demanded censorship of ideas ("I stand by my opinion,"...

Al Fonzi is a retired Army officer, former Chairman of the SLO County Republican Party, hosts the KPRL radio program Sound-Off on Fridays and writes political commentary for the Atascadero News and New Times. Courtesy photo Viewpoints SLO County...