When Meg Whitman bested Steve Poizner a few months ago, moderates all over California breathed a sigh of relief that a Republican with more in common ideologically with Arnold Schwarzenegger
Over at MarketWatch, Darrell Delamaide asks the following poignant question: Is tea party the end of our two-party system? Citing a number of Tea Party upsets in Republican primaries,
If you watch The Colbert Report, read the Wall Street Journal, and listen to National Public Radio, odds are that you are probably an Independent. That’s just one of
Writing about politics can be depressing. Almost every utterance by candidates comes from a negative perspective. The Boxer-Fiorina campaign that I cover is a near perfect example. There is
As the debate over legalizing cannabis via Prop 19 rages on, what follows are a few relevant figures:
420 - A globally-recognized euphemism for marijuana ...which originated in California (source)
Tea Party favorite, Dr. Rand Paul, criticized the GOP for the big spending and budget deficits during the Bush years, while long-time Progressive, Ralph Nader, criticized Democrats for being
California would be one of the last places expected to be the site of a major Tea Party rally; yet such a rally took place in Sacramento over the weekend.
Late last week, California affiliates of the ACLU filed a class action lawsuit against the State of California and Governor Schwarzenegger for allowing dozens of public schools to charge fees
Last week, I broached the topic of why Carly Fiorina was doing so well against incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer. While that piece did cover one half of the story
Both Farmers' Almanacs (yes, there are two of them) are predicting a La Nina this winter, while the NOAA Climate Prediction Center says we’ll have an El Nino.
Mild summer weather has slowed the growth of many California crops, but forecasters are predicting a record year for walnuts. According to a report by the California Farm Bureau Federation,
Under the administration of President George W. Bush, many Americans were concerned that Washington was becoming more and more secretive and inaccessible to the common citizens of our republic.
With