California isn’t anywhere near as bad as Trump makes it out to be • A full-scale Israel-Hezbollah war increasingly appears inevitable
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Friday, September 27, 2024

Schools search for post-COVID learning gains

If there are any students in your life, it will come as absolutely no surprise to you that their academic — and social — lives continue to suffer greatly because of various effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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California isn’t anywhere near as bad as Trump makes it out to be

Declinist visions of California will always get more exposure than the positives

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A full-scale Israel-Hezbollah war increasingly appears inevitable

With Israel and Hezbollah rapidly approaching a point of no return, it is imperative that the U.S. back our ally against a terrorist group which has killed hundreds of Americans, and against its Iranian masters.

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On this California Native American Day, let us commit to greater safety for Indigenous people

We have offered condolences to the Porter family, but let us also offer action.

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A vote for Prop. 36 is a vote for mass incarceration of people with disabilities

A yes vote on Prop. 36 will take us another step back toward institutionalization and mass incarceration and entrench racial inequities because behavioral health plus houselessness are the “new ugly.”

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Why we shouldn’t expect a return to the Trump economy

The allure of returning to pre-pandemic economic prosperity is strong, but no administration can simply turn back the clock.

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Newsom signs dozens of new housing bills with no new ideas

If California’s politicians want to get serious about solving the housing crisis, they need to support the radical liberalization of the housing market

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Endorsement: Steven Choi for 37th Senate District

Our state desperately needs more political competition and believe Choi to be an experienced and sensible lawmaker to help balance things out.

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Larry Elder: Price controls are bad, no matter who demands them

Price controls remain bad policy whether proposed by people we like or do not like, whether by Democrats or Republicans or whether by Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump.

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Letter: Forced labor isn’t consistent with who we are as Americans. Yes on Prop. 6.

Although the 13th Amendment to our nation’s Constitution allows forced work for those convicted of crimes, I do not believe that this is who we are as a country.

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