November 4, 2025
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Steve Stajich, Columnist

Police Interactions are Chemistry, Not Mechanics:

As much as we might suspect the presence of magic or even some sort of curse, the workings of your automobile engine and the performance of your car are related to mechanical explanations. Compression, leaky […]

Paul Cummins

Reflecting on the State of Union Speech:

President Barack Obama gave a great State of the Union speech this year – great in that he presented himself as statesmanlike, reasonable, sane, intelligent, and a consensus builder. However, it was not, I believe, […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Carbon Trading Critic Wrong: State Far From Alone:

Because Republicans in Congress have steadfastly stymied attempts to get the federal government to act against global warming and climate change, critics of California’s new carbon trading rules usually get little contradiction when they insist […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

The New Year’s Rude Awakening:

As if summoning from a cave a dragon in order to remind us of the power of brutality and fiery exhalation, we seem to be reaching for the “breakdown of civility” with greater and greater […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Men, and the Autumn Of Our French Fries:

I had a friend explain something to me once about Chevy Corvettes and middle age. I’ll do my best to relate the idea without the tart language deployed in the version I heard. It goes […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Schwarzenegger Leaves a Shameful Legacy:

No California governor serving his last few days in office has ever been more concerned about his legacy than was Arnold Schwarzenegger. Perhaps this was because unlike Ronald Reagan or Pat Brown or Pete Wilson […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Finally, the Gun Conversation Hits the Wall:

Let’s begin with a big generalization that might be relevant: Laws in America often change in response to an undeniable tragedy. Tragedy should always be undeniable since anything that is clearly tragic is tragic, such […]