December 24, 2025
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Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Time Of Major Tests For Utility Regulators:

No state agency over the years has so disregarded the interests of both ordinary citizens and business owners as the state Public Utilities Commission. Not only has it failed to adequately supervise safety of things […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Tinkering With California Election System Not Over Yet:

Picture this happening in 2016, when California holds its next presidential primary election: The Democrats have already determined their candidate for the White House before the campaign arrives in the Golden State, but the Republicans […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Compromise Returns To California Politics:

Anyone who says there was no effect from political rule changes California used for the first time last year just hasn’t been watching. These included ”top two” primary elections, slightly revised term limits and use […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Immigration Newest Battle For California GOP’s Soul:

Repeated battles for the soul of California’s Republican Party began in earnest in 1968, when the ultra-conservative state Schools Supt. Max Rafferty bested moderate U.S. Sen. Thomas Kuchel in a June primary election and went […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

Could Earth Use A Time Out?:

I’m not sure where the concept of a “time out” for children began, and I’m not bothering to research it because “time outs” have become something of a “Get Out of Parenting – Free” card […]