Speaker Berman at Long Last?
Before being elected to Congress in 1982, Rep. Howard Berman had a memorable ten year stint in the California Assembly culminating in a bruising speakership fight that he lost when Assembly Republicans threw their support to Willie Brown in 1980. With Assembly Speaker John Perez being termed out in 2014, that coveted job is about […]
California Office Pool 2013
This marks the fourth annual version of the California Office Pool. It was inspired by the late, great New York Times columnist William Safire, who made a habit of writing a year-end column he called Office Pool. In it, Safire offered, multiple-choice style, a series of possible news events that could take place in the […]
CA Named #1 Judicial Hellhole
It just would not be right for California to finish off 2012 without one more designation as being the worst at something. Our state seems to receive several of these each year: one of the worst legal climates, the state with the worst government, the worst place to do business, and now, we are the […]
Now is the Time to Act on Guns
Editor’s Note: In the shadow of the horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, as the victims are being remembered, the debate over guns begins anew. California’s senior Senator Dianne Feinstein will play a prominent role in that debate. Over the weekend, she announced she would introduce a bill to reinstate an assault […]
Politicians Jump on Anti-Gun Bandwagon
Immediately after the horrific and tragic school shooting in Connecticut Friday, opportunistic politicians all across the country jumped on the anti-gun bandwagon. My CalWatchdog colleague John Seiler, thankfully also jumped on the politicians yesterday. “…it didn’t take long for gun-control advocates to take a bead on our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms,” […]