Both sides are claiming victory following a landmark Supreme Court ruling – the first high court decision concerning genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
The fact that most mainstream media outlets are advertising
The ongoing train wreck that is the California budget negotiations continues unabated. Legislators failed to pass a budget by the constitutional deadline of June 15, leaving the state without a
Ideological polarization has created an environment in which Democrats and Republicans are virtually incapable of coming to any sort of agreement. However, they almost never disagree when it comes to
As the Great Recession drags on, voters continue to view the origin of the economic crisis in stark, partisan terms. In a recent Rasmussen Reports poll, 47% of likely voters
With the Democratic-controlled Congress weighed down by a devastatingly low twelve percent approval rating, Republican leadership might be tempted to flaunt the political pummeling that Democrats could face in
With California's budget in crisis mode, the solutions have been presented by lawmakers and the media in strictly zero-sum terms. You can think of a zero-sum
Over the past week, two Californian politicians whose fates hang uncomfortably in the balance this November have made surprising moves courting the center. On the one hand, Sen. Barbara Boxer,
Recently, at a special board meeting, the California State University (Cal State) trustees voted to increase undergraduate and graduate fees five percent beginning Fall 2010. The increase will raise the
Last December, Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said $352 billion in criminal money was laundered and kept the financial system afloat during the
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear both sides of an issue which has been brewing between federal courts and California's executive for two
Election year politics and a lame-duck governor could be sending California into a lengthy budget standoff as the Legislature has already missed the often-missed June 15 constitutional deadline
Earlier this week, California missed another constitutionally mandated deadline to pass a state budget. Policymakers are reeling from the enormous, seemingly impossible task of bridging an approximately $19 billion budget
