Democrats decided they finally found a line in the sand they wouldn’t cross, and surprisingly enough, it brings us back to the MeToo movement. Graham Platner, the freakishly flawed candidate
Gavin Newsom and his family have had a long and complicated relationship with the oil industry. The latest chapter in the saga, a legal and political dispute over state aid
For two decades, beginning in the late 1970s, the most powerful issue in California politics was crime. Sensational crimes such as the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas
Zohran Mamdani, New York’s self-described socialist mayor, could not resist using the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration to trash the very country he and his parents voluntarily sought out. As is
When California voters in 1978 passed Proposition 13, the iconic property tax limitation, they simultaneously rejected Proposition 8, which had been placed on the ballot by the Legislature as an
Gov. Gavin Newsom recently revealed in a video and a social media post that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating him and his wife, framing it as a political
If there ever was a moment for citizens of the United States of America to contemplate and appreciate how their nation has affected humankind’s evolution, it is now on its
Who are the so-called Democratic Socialists of America and their fellow travelers? While it is difficult to generalize, many current and would-be socialist officeholders share several common traits. Most of
With midterm elections just a few months away, a 36-hour period last week gave the political world a good picture of President Donald Trump’s approach to campaigning for Republicans with
Accurately describing the state financial situation depends largely on a person’s definitions of “balanced” and “deficit.” Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders describe the 2026-27 budget they negotiated as “a
I spent an absolutely wonderful two days in New York recently. It doesn’t hurt my best friend lives on the Upper East Side near Central Park, the weather was exquisite,
California is a blue state, and one of the manifestations of its political orientation has been a tolerance for one of the nation’s highest levels of taxation. The state’s tax
By a number of conventional measures, the Republican Party should be headed for a huge loss in this November’s House midterm elections. But some experts think the results will be
Part 2 of 2 The cessation of American bombing and economic strangulation of Iran do not mark the end but the beginning of a new phase of problems for Iran.
Part 1 of 2 The tentative “memorandum of understanding” with Iran has caused glee on the Left and furor among many on the Right. The Left might welcome “peace,”
Gov. Gavin Newsom scored a three-point political play last year when the Legislature and voters approved a mid-decade reconfiguration of the state’s 52 congressional districts. The gerrymander aimed to shift
Twenty years ago, Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” hit theaters and rewrote the climate conversation overnight. The film won an Oscar, helped earn Gore a Nobel Prize, and convinced young
I found this interesting new app that “animates” old photos. If you plug a picture of Grandma into the system, it spits out a version of her in the kitchen
There are three immutable aspects of economic life in California today. No. 1, Californians face the nation’s highest cost of living. It is 11% higher than the national average, according
When multiple big stories happen in any given week, it’s hard for me to figure out what to choose as a topic. Last week, I had three choices: the Graham