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Dan Walters

Dan Walters | Crime Makes Comeback in California

There was a time, four-plus decades ago, when crime was California’s most powerful political issue. The state was experiencing a serious spike in crime but the Legislature, controlled by Democrats,

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Joe Guzzardi | Trump, Biden and the Border Bill

With less than 75 days until the November election when voters will choose a new president, 34 U.S. senators, and the full House of Representatives complement, candidates’ rhetoric is getting

Dan Walters

Dan Walters | Politicians Scrambling on Economy

Thirty-two years ago, as then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton was trying to unseat President H.W. Bush, Clinton strategist James Carville summarized the campaign in four immortal words: “It’s the economy, stupid.”

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Joe Guzzardi | Kamala Harris, Reimagined by 180 Degrees

In political history’s most remarkable U-turn, Vice President Kamala Harris – the Democrat’s presidential candidate – has converted into a tough-on-border-security advocate. She pledges to hire thousands more border agents,

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Dan Walters | Unions Backing Bills to Limit Tech

When the industrial revolution erupted in 18th century Britain — replacing handwork with machinery in the manufacture of goods — many of the affected textile workers responded by attacking and

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Christine Flowers | A Lecture from Miss Harris

A few years ago, when the U.S. Senate was considering the nomination of Jeff Sessions as attorney general under Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren started reading into the record some comments

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Dan Walters | Data Contradicts Newsom’s Boasts

Gov. Gavin Newsom tirelessly touts the size and strength of California’s economy, often contrasting it with those of other states. When, for example, the monthly employment report was issued in

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Danny Tyree | Where Were You When Nixon Resigned?

“Sock it to meee?” That awkward query by presidential candidate Richard Milhous Nixon (on the Sept. 16, 1968, episode of “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”) was probably haunting my mind on

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Tom Purcell | Forgetting Our Olympic Woes

Bowling didn’t make the cut again. Neither were baseball and softball, ballroom dancing, pole dancing and a host of other sports featured in the 2024 Summer Olympics games in Paris.

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Joe Guzzardi | Immigration: The Kamala Conundrum

Throughout her career, Kamala Harris has benefited from the support of friends in high places. Michelle and Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of Harris for president is just the latest example.