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Dan Walters | Newsom’s Authoritarian Tendencies

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been one of the loudest Democratic politicians in denouncing former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy. While endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign

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Dan Walters | Rare Reforms Would Dilute Power

It’s axiomatic that institutions, whether governmental, academic, philanthropic or corporate, rarely reform themselves. Universally, if systemic change occurs, it tends to come from outside the existing structure for one overriding

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Byron York | Harris and the DEI Question

A handful of Republicans have referred to Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, as a “DEI hire.”  They were essentially saying that President Joe Biden

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Dan Walters | Eye-Popping Construction Costs

It’s not hyperbole to declare that California’s most serious economic, social and political issue is its chronic shortage of housing, particularly for families in the lower income brackets. As the

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Joe Guzzardi | Immigration: O My Gosh, Canada!

Canada faces an immigration crisis on multiple levels. Years of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s endorsed over-immigration into Canada have pushed housing prices into the stratosphere, sent per capita income into

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Byron York | Trump and the JD Vance Calculation

Milwaukee Former President Donald Trump once privately told associates that the problem he faced selecting a running mate was that the field of potential partners did not include a no-brainer

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Joe Guzzardi | Newsom Unqualified for White House

The uncertainty that engulfed the Democratic Party after CNN’s presidential debate is the type of chaos that Las Vegas’ bookmakers thrive on. Shortly after President Joe Biden’s disappointing-to-party-elders performance, the