Susan Shelley: Proposition 1 is an expensive scam that must be rejected on...
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who collected unlimited contributions to his campaign to fend off an attempted recall, is collecting again. This time it’s for “Governor Newsom’s Ballot Measure Committee,” which is...
View ArticleAs Milei proved in Argentina, far-left status quos can’t last forever and can...
Even though law-abiding citizens, taxpayers, and businesses are leaving California in droves, most Golden Staters are staying – for now at least. For a few, the decision to leave is easy and reasons...
View ArticleJohn Phillips: How many more anti-democratic gaffes will Shirley Weber make?
California’s most incompetent statewide elected official might be Secretary of State Shirley Weber, who can’t seem to do anything right. Appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in December of 2020 to replace...
View ArticleWinter rains underscore the need for creative thinking on homelessness
A look at what homeless individuals suffered during the record-level intense rains of early February demonstrated for a second consecutive year the utter inadequacy of programs to help California’s...
View ArticleTucker Carlson-Vladimir Putin interview a chance for peace
Time to negotiate with Ukraine. That’s the main message I got from Tucker Carlson’s interview last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin. If President Nixon could negotiate with Soviet leader...
View ArticleWho won Monday’s U.S. Senate candidate debate? No one. They all performed...
On Monday night, the four leading candidates, Adam Schiff, Steve Garvey, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee, took the stage to make their case as to why they should fill the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat in...
View ArticleJohn Phillips: Oakland is a disaster. It’s time for voters to hold longtime...
At the first debate for California’s open U.S. Senate seat, Politico’s senior political reporter Melanie Mason asked Oakland Congresswoman and candidate for U.S. Senate, Barbara Lee the following...
View ArticleLarry Elder: When crime hits home
To know my Aunt Maggie is to adore her. She is a 92-year-old retired nurse who lives in Cleveland. When I graduated from law school, I moved to Cleveland to work for a law firm. During my first weeks...
View ArticleBiden’s Super Bowl shrinkflation blame game
President Joe Biden wants to remind you that your Super Bowl party was more expensive than it used to be. The reason, he claims, is corporate greed and “shrinkflation.” In a social media video before...
View ArticleDon’t let crime fears lead to new government abuses
SACRAMENTO – Whenever the nation faces a safety threat – e.g., a high-profile shooting, a wave of smash-and-grab robberies or an act of terrorism – the public clamors for action and politicians and...
View ArticleDoug McIntyre: An election for the ages and the aged
I’m not a young man. It hurts to type that short sentence, but then again, pretty much everything hurts these days. Still, the physical effects of my 60-plus birthdays are less painful than the social...
View ArticleGov. Newsom’s silly arguments against the Taxpayer Protection Act don’t stick
Last week, the organizations sponsoring the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act (TPA) filed their response to the governor and Legislature’s lawsuit, which seeks to remove the...
View ArticleIs suburban sprawl still California’s big answer to housing shortage?
Urban sprawl has been anathema to California housing planners for the last 10 years or so. As they passed law after law eliminating zoning for single-family residences and emphasizing high rise...
View ArticleLarry Wilson: Why I’m voting for George Gascón for Los Angeles District Attorney
You know those anti-George Gascón mailers that show the Los Angeles district attorney sporting cool, movie-star sunglasses — perhaps overly cool for the person you want to be your DA? Yeah, those...
View ArticleSusan Shelley: Why I’m voting for Jonathan Hatami for Los Angeles District...
While there are a number of well-qualified candidates running for Los Angeles County district attorney, the candidate who has most impressed me is Jonathan Hatami. Hatami has been a prosecutor in the...
View ArticleGavin Newsom’s new budget is already leaking red ink as revenues fall behind
While Gov. Gavin Newsom gallivants around the country as a campaign surrogate for President Joe Biden – and to burnish his own national image – the state budget he proposed just six weeks ago is...
View ArticleThe endless flood of PAC spending shows the need to reform campaign financing...
As Election Day March 5 marches toward us, voters will get even more mail flyers than already. Video ads also will flood TV shows and social media posts. But look carefully to see where they’re from....
View ArticleIs another Child Tax Credit expansion really the best way to help families?
In the well-intentioned rush to support American families by expanding the Child Tax Credit (CTC), critical questions are often ignored: Aren’t we already doing enough, and is this the best way to...
View ArticleInexperienced candidates are not better than career politicians
Last week I wrote a column about California’s Senate candidate debate where I analyzed each candidate’s performance. In case you didn’t read it, they were all terrible. During the debate, I was...
View ArticleCalifornia court ruling could crack down on tactics to slow or block...
California’s perpetual conflict over housing, pitting advocates of state-level pro-development policies against defenders of local government land use authority, has often involved friction between two...
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