In 1976, when Jerry Brown was California governor the first time, Chicago columnist Mike Royko famously dubbed him "Governor Moonbeam." The moniker stuck, even if Royko later apologized
On the same day that a small earthquake shook the San Fernando Valley, a recent Rasmussen Reports study of partisan trends indicates that unaffiliated voters will likely be shaking up
August saw the most U.S. soldier fatalities in Afghanistan in a single month since the beginning of the decade-long occupation by coalition forces. A total of 67 U.
In a 50-3 vote, California's lower house has approved a bill that would restrict the way state and local governments use automated traffic enforcement systems, namely the
The Republican presidential candidate who has made himself look more like Billy Graham than Barry Goldwater has taken a substantive lead in the polls as reported in recent days by
Two factors are converging to create a farming crisis in Arizona: one has its origins in domestic policy – hard-line immigration laws which have been harped on endlessly by the
In conjunction with Califonia's top two open primary system and term limits in the state legislature, the new legislative maps drawn up by the independent Citizens Redistricting Commission
Gardasil, a controversial vaccine for the sexually transmitted HPV virus, might soon be given to minors in California without parental consent if the sweeping proposal in a new bill-- AB
Vallejo is the poster child for what's ailing California cities. It filed for bankruptcy in 2008, a victim of the real estate crash, losing a major employer in
As the "mainstream media" has taken heat for not giving enough coverage to presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, a valid assertion backed by the numbers, progressive talk show
Arizona possesses enough water in Pima, Pinal, and Maricopa counties to support 4.3 million people, says a report from the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at ASU. But to
For most of the last decade, California was first or second in new business creation. In 2009, it ranked first. In 2010, new business creation imploded. Actually, that's