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GOP Starts to Wise Up; Will Dems Follow?

March 8, 2018

March 8, 2018

By Tom Elias California’s top two primary system is living up to its “jungle primary” nickname more than this spring...

Center Stage: “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk”

March 6, 2018

March 6, 2018

By Beverly Cohn Kneehigh and Bristol Old Vic have sent a theatrical gift across the pond presenting us with the...

Good Taste: Finding the Right Kind of Referrals

March 6, 2018

March 6, 2018

By Barbara Bishop  My husband and I sold our house in December. In the interim, until we decide where we...

Intimacy: the High of all Highs

March 5, 2018

March 5, 2018

By Guy Camilleri The need to connect intimately to another human being is essential to being human. And the use...

“Death Wish” A Small Slice of Action

March 2, 2018

March 2, 2018

By Whitney Scott Bain If you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen the movie. It’s Die Hard 6. Originally, this project...

SMa.r.t.-Big Versus Small

March 2, 2018

March 2, 2018

By Mario Fonda-Bonardi The story of the small taking down the big is an old one we are all familiar...

Gas Tax Boost Key to Trump Infrastructure Cash

March 1, 2018

March 1, 2018

By Tom Elias Strong ironies are playing out today as California’s 14 Republican members of Congress support President Trump’s announced...

Zoning Nullification: The End of Local Control?

February 26, 2018

February 26, 2018

By Tom Elias Gov. Jerry Brown, a former mayor of Oakland who often griped about state government’s interference with local...

SMa.r.t.- Commercial Dinosaurs or Visionary Rebirth

February 23, 2018

February 23, 2018

By Samuel Tolkin In the economic downturn of the early 1990s, I was asked to help craft a Q&A video...

If Undisciplined, GOP Won’t Make Fall Ballot

February 22, 2018

February 22, 2018

By Tom Elias It’s well established that the California Republican Party has been almost without influence in the state’s public...