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By the time I knew what the term “blue collar” meant, I wasn’t. I come from a long line of blue-collar people, proud Italians and Irish who were carpenters and

The California Constitution requires that “the governor shall report to the Legislature each calendar year on the condition of the state and may make recommendations.” Traditionally, that has meant that

Former President Donald Trump knows he overdid it in his first debate with Joe Biden back in September 2020.  In a recent conversation at Mar-a-Lago, I asked Trump, “A lot

If Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, the Committee on the Judiciary’s ranking member, can’t properly explain the vetting process for illegal immigrants to a national television audience, then the border

Journalists who cover the immigration beat have a maxim: “Never say you’ve been witness to every conceivable violation of immigration law; you’ll soon be proven wrong.” In her relatively short

The century-long and often tortured history of California making law through ballot measures took a new turn Thursday when the state Supreme Court blocked an initiative that would have made

Who do the liberal ladies of “The View” think they’re kidding? This week Joy Behar and her ragged troop of pretend political pundits were again acting terrified by the specter

In a high stakes gamble with Americans’ safety and security at risk, President Joe Biden is rolling the dice again.  Capitol Hill insiders confirm the administration is considering providing refugee

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has released a new ad that synopsizes the Democratic effort to use criminal charges and lawsuits against former President Donald Trump.  “In the courtroom, we

I am not a journalist. I have never pretended to be a journalist. The reason? I don’t pretend to be unbiased. I don’t usually do my own original investigation, unless

California is a semi-arid state in which the availability of water determines land use, and in turn shapes the economy. That, in a nutshell, explains why Californians have been jousting

So I turn on the news …. We’ve got wars raging in Ukraine and Israel. We’ve got nuke-carrying Russian warships visiting Cuba. We’ve got 4,000 illegal immigrants a day crossing

Over the past dozen years, Democrats have gained, lost and finally nailed down supermajorities in the California Legislature. Now they hold more than 75% of its 120 seats. Having achieved

President Joe Biden has done more to promote transgender ideology than any president, ever. A scroll through the White House archives shows statement after statement, proclamation after proclamation, speech after

There is so much concern for the tender sensitivities of a former drug addict from Delaware. It’s incredibly touching how the media, and Joe Biden supporters, are rallying around a

Students at Sacramento’s McClatchy High School learned last month that if officialdom feels uncomfortable, it will trample on free speech. The Prospector, McClatchy’s student newspaper, published a random collection of

It was a good week for the Reagan family. Not so much for the Biden clan. On Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, where my father is buried, there

You’ve probably heard a lot of speculation about the effect former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction will have on the presidential race. Here’s the answer, so far: We don’t know.

A friend and I recently met at a chain restaurant in Sacramento for our weekly lunch. Both of us ordered $16 plates of Mexican food. When the bill came, it totaled

I have never been married, nor do I have any children. I grew up around married people. I descend from a whole line of married people. I have friends who