This is a move in the right direction, in my opinion. But new policy may not change the culture of discrimination that could be within organizations like BSA.

Today, I think many people have mistaken politics for a will/desire to assert your views on others. Rather, politics is about creating ideas/plans that everyone can live with. One party might have more sway over […]

It’s politically advantageous for the opposition party to pin this on the administration. But it only looks at the symptoms of the problem, not the core issue of the bureaucracy.

Freedom of speech is always going to be an issue with the expansion of social networks and it’s forever a balancing act. I think Facebook may want to or should do something about this. I also think based on WAM’s […]

So the CA Secretary of State caved in and stepped up the tech side of their transparency. It was so strange that their main way of distributing the information was through a CD. Some computers coming out now are […]

Michael, another gem. Love reading your stuff.

im a big advocate for ‘vote with your feet’ style boycotting as well. If you truly feel opposed, it shouldn’t be very difficult to just say no

i dont think enough people are paying attention to student debt. it could be the next economic bubble

“not a single third party or non-partisan candidate actually won an election in the last 100 years in California.”

“Specifically, it is an example of perhaps the most common political fantasy in modern history: the fantasy of how wonderful the world would be if all of the people who disagreed with me ceased to exist.”
this […]

The parties are not asking for a guaranteed spot on the ballot. They are asking that their members who have shown a substantial modicum of support in the primary be allowed on the ballot. Do people actually read […]

The claim in Rubin V Bowen is about the rights of voters but also of minor parties and minor party candidates. These are the terms used in the complaint.

Great article. I like the idea of knowing who really pulls the strings in Sacramento. At the same time, the California Constitution guarantees a right of privacy. There are legitimate reasons why we would want to […]

Great explanation of the policy. Tough balance. Although I am by no means supporting rape, or rape-based jokes, I am concerned with private organizations regulating speech. With no due process requirements, there […]

The claim in Rubin v Bowen is about voter rights, not party rights. The lawsuit does not claim parties have a right to be on the ballot. It claims that members of the minor parties have a constitutional right to […]

Interesting article. I love the conclusion. It’s hard to understand why these parties focus on a guaranteed spot on the ballot, rather than targeting districts where they can actually win.

It’s pretty surprising that the California state capital is a short drive from the tech capital of the world, and our technology is so behind many other states.

I do find the irony that parties have “constitutional rights” to participate in the general election; the same parties that have argued that voters do not have “constitutional rights” to participate in partisan […]

Thanks for the clear explanation of Facebook’s rights and responsibilities as a private company and with regards to its and our Constitutional rights, Jane. Besides letting Facebook “know how they feel”, users can […]

Actual legal penalties is a big deal. This should be a bigger story. Nice catch Shawn.

Some of the commentators on this thread need to brush up on their reading skills. Who said that anything was “hack proof”? Who said anything about a “book”? I gave a link for free reading that will educate anyone […]

I think we’ll be seeing more and more candidates like Block in the future.

I’ve followed the LA Mayor and school board races. The Mayor race seemed very shallow, there wasn’t much of a competitive spirit between Gruel and Garcetti other than attack ads. I had a feeling turnout was going […]

Problem with a top-two or a top-three system is that the two parties would continue to use the third parties as pawns, to siphon off votes…think we would end up in the same pre-top-two conundrum…not sure […]

that video is really intriguing. very indicative of the ‘grass’roots nature of how medical marijuana advocacy is working.

if they were to really play the ‘patriotic’ card wouldnt they bring the money stateside and take the tax hit? More along the lines of ‘i love my country so much, more than all these billions of dollars Im losing […]

I agree, but in this case I think Brown’s budget is taking a risk by trusting that money will bring California closer to Common Core. I’m not surprised that the LAO would suggest more concrete investments like […]

many dont consider how this can cut both ways. Theoretically, men would be just as susceptible as women to abuse the provisions, rendering them utterly unenforceable

either way the schools go will have pros and cons, its just about what priorities are in what order

Hi Stephanie, I agree about financial hopelessness. At the end of the day, all politics boil down to economics.

When we start seeing that these issues are not partisan but institutional and that they will exist regardless of whose in the White House, we might be able to start doing something about them.

Hello Ray, I posted a column here about Approval Voting at…

http://ivn.us/the-greater-platform/2013/05/07/will-banning-single-mark-ballots-make-greater-elections/

IMO, next to the Right to A Fraud-Free […]

I’m all for open primaries. It is the “top two” that I take issue with. If one party fields six candidates, and the other party field three. Then there is a significant bias towards the party fielding the least […]