Summer is the time for iced tea and there is no time like the present to enjoy a tall glass of iced tea. With the help of James Labe, AmericaÕs first tea sommelier, Zen Green Tea Liqueur is toasting the warm weather with a twist Ñ signature iced tea cocktails for adult tea drinkers. Iced [...]

Something is falling through the cracks at El Dorado Superior Court. Criminal defendants with some financial resources are not being asked to help pay some if not all of the costs of their defense. The most puzzling example is defendant Alexios Alexander, accused of staging a home invasion while impersonating a sheriffÕs deputy. Alexander, now [...]

Democrat columnist In my inbox was a blanket press release e-mail from an organization known as the World Resources Institute sent by its director of media relations, Paul Mackie, saying that Òthe WRI strongly supports passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.Ó This bill is commonly known at the cap and [...]

Managing editor Beauty may come from within, but at Morgan Taylor Salon in El Dorado Hills hair and make-up experts help everyone shine on the outside. The salon boasts a staff of nine experienced stylists using Aveda products made from natural ingredients. ItÕs the ÒAveda RitualÓ experience that sets Morgan Taylor Salon apart, said owner [...]

Democrat columnist My son Aaron and I went on our annual bonding retreat last weekend. As usual, we camped at the Grovers Hot Springs state park near Markleeville in Alpine County. Campsite No. 40 was our residence for three nights, but the whole neighborhood was our home during daylight hours. Fishing is our primary activity [...]

Democrat columnist ÒA good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.Ó Ñ Mencken As far as the eye can see, deficits are ballooning on all fronts, and public resistance is increasing just as fast. In a Wall Street Journal poll taken last week, 58 percent of respondents claimed the government should keep the [...]

Last week the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors fumbled a punt and couldnÕt even get the ball down the field. Instead of adding furlough days for the budget year that begins July 1, the board left it up to each department head to decide how to achieve specified savings. If there aren’t supplies or [...]