California doesn’t have a prison overcrowding problem. We have a governor and Legislature problem. • Sick of leftovers: Political Cartoons
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Monday, November 27, 2023

Doubling down on an open primary will expand voter choice in California

Golden State leaders should expand the number of candidates who advance to the general election to give voters more options and create healthier political incentives.

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California doesn’t have a prison overcrowding problem. We have a governor and Legislature problem.

Taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay again to protect themselves when Sacramento failed to protect them the first time around.

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Sick of leftovers: Political Cartoons

Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.

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In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, remember the great Russell Means

Means died Oct. 22, 2012, but his memory lives on and so does his fight to free all Americans from the grip of incompetent and intrusive government.

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Raoul Lowery Contreras: ‘Latinx’ is a nonsensical attack on the Spanish language

According to surveys and polling approximately 2% of the Hispanic/Latino community uses “Latinx.” That is complete rejection.

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Rethinking Irvine’s proposed bottled water ban

An effective approach could involve incentivizing the use of reusable and eco-friendly products, fostering community-led initiatives for plastic waste reduction, and investing in comprehensive water purification infrastructure.

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Giving thanks this Thanksgiving: Letters

I give thanks for: my GPS system; my Catholic faith given to me by Christ; my parents (RIP) who inculcated in my sister and me a sense of responsibility and that the world doesn’t owe us a living; the Dominican nuns who taught us from grade school through high school; my remaining family, sister, nephew, uncle and cousins; my friends who have been there in the bad times and celebrate the good times; my tenants of 20 years who have agreed to be my caretakers in exchange for a life estate; the newspaper editors, reporters and columnists who have been […]

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Is the CIA still secretly capturing Americans’ communications?

Congress must either reauthorize or let die the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 program.

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Putting insureds over the tort lobby

California is in the throes of an insurance crisis after the state’s largest insurer, State Farm, and then some other companies announced they no longer are writing new policies here. This comes after years of growing wildfire-related losses. State officials blame climate change, but it’s a problem mainly caused by government regulation.

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Joseph Solis-Mullen: Don’t fall for the fake China threat

The fake China threat narrative has its beneficiaries: the defense contractors, lobbyists, and members of Congress they fund, as well as those departments whose budgets and purview will expand

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