December 26, 2025
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Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Go Slow On Trans-Pacific Partnership Pact:

References to trade agreements were some of the very few passages during President Obama’s State of the Union speech late last month that moved Republicans to stand and applaud along with Obama’s Democratic Party allies. […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

A Single Vote Really Does Count:

Barely 21 percent of eligible California voters cast ballots in last fall’s election, which means about 80 percent of the eligible populace should have no complaints even if they don’t like the performances of those […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Initiative Carnival Coming Next Year:

If voters get annoyed and sick of seeing paid petition circulators outside their favorite big box stores during the next 15 months, they will have only themselves to blame. Low voter turnout is one big […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

California Tax Overhaul Plan Has Potential:

Rarely does a freshman state senator propose anything substantial during his or her first few days in office. But Robert Herzberg, elected last fall from a safe Democratic district in the San Fernando Valley portion […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Bruce Jenner’s Biggest Hurdle: Us:

At the risk of sounding as though I am way behind the curve and didn’t see it coming, we are now in a new age of information. Although our reliance on new devices and the […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Doubling H1-B Visas Via An End Run:

Green cards for spouses – that’s the latest quiet Obama Administration move to please and appease the high-tech companies in Silicon Valley and elsewhere who constantly clamor for more H1-B visas to bring in cheap, […]