On the surface, this fall’s campaign for governor seemed to begin in earnest almost exactly one year ago, when Republican Meg Whitman opened the radio ad campaign that turned into a key part of her […]

Because he’s decided against Santa Monica as a site for his modern art museum, Eli Broad may think that I’m squeezing sour grapes here. But Mr. Broad cannot and must not build his art mosque […]

The biggest losers in the state budget deficit battles that have raged for more than three years are only now becoming clear, and they are not necessarily the causes and people who have drawn the […]

No group is so hated by the many Americans who resent illegal immigration as so-called “anchor babies” born in the United States to illegal immigrant women. They’re not reviled for anything they’ve done, but because […]

Quick business trivia question: Who owns SeaWorld? Disney? Good first guess. No, Disney would rather manufacture anthropomorphic computer-generated cartoon animals with hats and shtick than clean-up after real critters. Is it the Anheuser-Busch beer brewing […]