Home prices are up 20% this year in parts of Silicon Valley. Not only is there a tech boom going on, it is accelerating. Employees of companies that recently went
Although individual physicians practice all forms of specialized medicine, they have all learned the skills of defensive medicine to one degree or another.
“Defensive medicine can be simply defined as
Among American political scientists and partisans of the Democratic and Republican parties, it is widely held that the so-called “Independent voter” is nothing more than a myth. This might
For those looking for a silver bullet to fight obesity, you will have to keep looking. A study released by the University of North Carolina found that among people living
A ballot referendum being pushed by the nation's largest online retailer, Amazon.com, Inc., might let California voters review a legislature-approved tax intended to increase state revenue
As the tense race between Los Angeles city councilwoman Janice Hahn and businessman Craig Huey comes to a close today, Independents in California's 36th congressional district will be
The recently passed California budget assumed $4 billion in increased revenues. Without that additional income, the budget will not be balanced. Draconian cuts will then ensue, and will hit education
This time last year, we reported on the success of drug decriminalization in Portugal ten years earlier. But if there's any doubt that decriminalization would be as effective
A multi-partisan group of former elected officials is seeking to place a constitutional amendment on the 2012 ballot that would replace Arizona’s current semi-closed primary with a
With the shocking collapse of Rupert Murdoch’s sensationalistic News of the World over the past few days, journalistic integrity has taken yet another blow in the eyes of an
State payroll figures revealed by California State Controller John Chiang show that over 1,400 state employees received more than $200,000 in compensation last year. Over half of these
The U.S. House of Representatives rejected an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act that would have forced defunding of the Libyan war on Thursday, opting to pass