A Democrat Will Win the Controller’s Race in November
My friend Joel Fox, who I greatly respect, takes issue with my prediction that a Democrat will win the controller’s race against Republican Ashley Swearengin in the fall. He cites the very close race for controller in 2002 between Democratic nominee Steve Westly and his GOP opponent Tom McClintock. It was extremely close, but still […]
Dear Dan: It’s Not You. Really.
Dear Dan, I am starting to worry about you. I had hoped that your race for Secretary of State would have gotten the whole non-partisan candidate thing out of your system. But there you were last week on KQED, talking about your hopes for another such campaign in the future. When you were pressed to […]
California’s Employment Legacy: A Call to Readers
Mr. Gary Kurutz, the longtime Director of the Special Collections Branch of the California State Library, Mr. Michael Dolguskhin, State Library archivist, and I are researching employment in California in the 1950s and 1960s. We’d like to ask your participation: hearing from you of your recollections of employment of family, friends and neighbors during these […]
It’s Candidate Smith by a Landslide
July 4, 1776: In the shadow of the hangman’s noose the signers of the Declaration of Independence ended their document that would change the world with these words – “we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our Sacred Honor.” July 4, 2014:In a different but no less significant crisis, the American […]
Newsom and Harris Choose Politics Over Leadership on Central American Children Issue
The crisis resulting from tens of thousands of Central American children traversing dangerous territory to cross our porous border is one that demands leadership. But don’t look for it from those who currently occupy California’s highest offices. In a Friday story, the Los Angeles Times discovered that for governor aspirants Gavin Newsom (D) and Kamala Harris (D), […]