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Guest Commentary


| Friday, July 13th, 2018

Patel: Time is ripe for succession planning

Latest news, Law & Goverment, Op/Eds, Opinion

By Jasleen Patel In order to manage your winery properly, you likely wear many hats to ensure the business runs smoothly. This includes planning new promotions, tours and shipping deadlines across the country. With all of these stressors, it can be hard to look beyond the next day, let alone the next year. But have Read More →

| Friday, July 6th, 2018

Kramer: Shared assets and unspoken expectations

Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion

By Edward Kramer With young children at home, my family has a common saying: “Share with your brother/sister.” Interestingly, sharing can be as difficult for adult siblings as for their younger selves, though the stakes are higher. Adult children are asked to share the family farm, beach house or mountain cabin — and, to complicate Read More →

| Friday, June 29th, 2018

McKay: Creating brand identity, personality essential

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| Friday, June 22nd, 2018

Khan: There are perils to short-term volunteering

East Ventura County, Higher Education, Latest news, Tourism

By Sabith Khan While universities generally do a good job of designing short-term international educational programs, lately there has been a proliferation of private entities promoting short-term volunteering or “voluntourism” that can bring more harm than good. These programs, usually one- to two-weeks long, resemble volunteer work but are designed with the tourist in mind Read More →

| Friday, June 15th, 2018

Letter to the editor: The history of Hollister Ranch

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| Friday, June 8th, 2018

Balbien: Game theory can reform health care industry

Health Care & Life Science, Higher Education, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion

By Joel Balbien Economists use game theory to model interactions among patients and doctors where there is strategic behavior by agents who understand that their actions affect the actions of others. It is assumed that each agent has a best response to the actions of all other players, and that this can lead to predictable Read More →

| Friday, June 1st, 2018

Letter to the editor: Tax cut bill not good for country

Latest news, Law & Goverment, Letters to the Editor, Opinion, Tri-County Economy

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