Years ago, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band released a popular song titled “Born in Chicago.” Butterfield’s song talked about a group of young friends that, while politicians debated gun control,
Two months ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators from both parties celebrated enacting landmark legislation to remove the California Environmental Quality Act as an impediment to new housing construction. Lopsided
About 70% of the nation’s public school teachers belong to a union or employees’ association. The two largest teachers unions, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers,
The first comment I heard after the attack on Catholic schoolchildren in Minneapolis last week was from the city’s mayor, Jacob Frey, who said: “Don’t just say this is about
The liberal media and Democrats reacted in their usual kneejerk way to last week’s shootings at a Catholic school in Minneapolis. They didn’t pin the blame on the monster who
Nine years ago, in preparation for his retirement, engineer George Sheetz bought a plot of rural land in El Dorado County and applied for a county permit to place a
Given California’s size and its cultural and economic impact around the globe, whoever captures its governorship instantly becomes one of the nation’s most prominent politicians and a potential candidate for
The Democratic National Committee is holding its summer meeting in Minneapolis. There is a lot to talk about. The party, of course, is suffering through a major slide in popularity.
Last week, as Gov. Gavin Newsom was signing legislation aimed at giving his Democratic Party five more congressional seats, contending that it would protect democracy, postal workers throughout the state
After Indian national Harjinder Singh attempted an unlawful U-turn on the Florida turnpike that killed three citizens in a minivan, the debate over illegal immigration and driver licensing has intensified.
Gavin Newsom is pursuing what appears to be an image-building prelude to a 2028 presidential campaign and much of that involves appearances on widely popular podcasts. Those podcasts, such as
“Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.” That famous – and accurate – quip is a perfect way to describe dirty political deals made in
Sociologist Robert Merton coined the term “unintended consequences” in a 1936 essay, exploring how people take actions they believe will have positive outcomes, but later learn they have negative impacts.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow Democrats in the Legislature are steering California onto a unique political course with an unpredictable outcome. By gerrymandering the state’s 52 congressional districts to
Review the benefits state and federal governments bestow on illegal aliens, and what becomes readily apparent is that choosing the most egregious among them is challenging. But charging illegal aliens
A few weeks ago, a video popped up on YouTube, purporting to be a verbal clash between Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, and Gov. Gavin Newsom during a congressional hearing.
Every time I walk by the statue of Christopher Columbus a few blocks south of my Philadelphia office, I get flashbacks about the hot, June days at the beginning of
Gov. Gavin Newsom justifies — or rationalizes — his drive for a mid-decade reconfiguration of California’s congressional districts as a heroic mission to thwart President Donald Trump’s power grab. Newsom,
Last month, the FBI announced that its “exhaustive review” of materials in the Jeffrey Epstein case uncovered no client list, no “credible evidence” that Epstein blackmailed any famous people, no
My friend and his wife, longtime residents of Washington, D.C., helped me understand one of the root causes of crime in the nation’s capital — truancy. “It starts there,” said