Author: Tom Elias

About a month from today, a new governor will sit in the state Capitol’s “horseshoe” suite and face some problems...

When it comes to splitting California into two or more new states, silly season never seems to end. Since 1940,...

Nowhere has talk of an impending “blue wave” sweeping Democrats into Congress and Republicans out been louder and more constant...

Folks with little faith in California voters have won at least a partial victory this year. For decades, since the...

By Thomas D. Elias For all three decades since Ronald Reagan left the presidency, California has been all but irrelevant...

By Thomas D. Elias It’s almost fall, and college students are back on many campuses around California, with the rest...

By Thomas D. Elias From Anderson Marsh State Historic Park in Lake County and Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area on...