By the second week of November, most Californians will probably believe they were correct when they set up the “top two” primary election system used for the first time this year. In more than 20 […]

The selection of Paul Ryan as Vice President on the Republican ticket will, I believe, prove to be historical in a wider sense than just the politics of the coming election. Ryan’s selection clearly and […]

If there’s such a thing as a sure thing it politics, it is this: If the water plan announced late last month by Gov. Jerry Brown ever passes the state Legislature, it will surely become […]

California voters can be excused if they get a sense of déjà vu when taking their first look at the ballot initiative pamphlets for the fall election. That’s because they’ve already seen and decided on […]

The Field Poll is rarely wrong in gauging public sentiment. Its final reading prior to a major election almost never deviates more than 4 percent or 5 percent from the final vote. That’s why the […]

Not even the revelation that dishonest state parks officials hid $54 million in reserve funds from budget writers and the public can dim the wider import of a park-rescue bill now working its way through […]

When you’ve been given both the privilege and the responsibility to write a newspaper column piece on a regular basis, there is always a question of what one should write about. Certainly our own City […]

A combination of computerized tracking and public pressure have joined to make reporting of school dropouts in California the best in America, but those reports are still not good enough. For sure, we now have […]