Suz Montgomery and Doug Halter are deeply concerned about local politics. Both are residents of Ventura. Both have been vocal and active in local politics. We have a roundtable discussion about local politics.

Christy Weir explain the reasons she’s running for the Ventura County Board of Supervisors in the November 6, 2012 election.

Robert Evans has reported extensively from the region and is here to help make sense of a nuclear Iran and the threat it poses to the United States and the world.

Israel, the US and other Western countries believe Iran’s nuclear program is a cover for developing atomic weapons.

Concern over what to do about Iran came to a head during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited President Obama at the White House.

Israel asserts his country’s right to defend itself militarily against the Iranian nuclear threat.

President Obama prefers sanctions to military action in the region. A logical concern with US troops already stretched thin across the globe.

Recently, Iranian Officials Offered ‘Permanent Human Monitoring’ of Nuclear Sites softening earlier belligerent talk of closing the Straits of Hormuz if attacked.

Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks explains why she is running for the US House of Representatives from California’s 26th District.

Political pollster, Scott Rasmussen, explains how voters will balance the budget and eliminate the Federal Debt in his book The People’s Money.

Woody Brock argues that solutions to our current economic problems require enactment of constructive policies that allow “true” capitalism to flourish even as they incorporate social policies that help those who truly need it in his book American Gridlock.