CALmatters is Part of a Changing Media World
In regard to your column in Fox and Hounds last Thursday on CALmatters, as a veteran journalist, Timm, you are trained well to “follow the money.” In Watergate, those were the instructions that led reporters to the White House connection. In journalism today, it points to a vital question about how newsrooms maintain credibility as they work […]
Mayors Don’t See Eye to Eye on Infrastructure Fixes
Can a Northern California big city Democratic mayor and a Southern California big city Republican mayor find common ground when it comes to infrastructure improvements? Sacramento’s Darrell Steinberg and San Diego’s Kevin Faulconer both want infrastructure improvements but place a different emphasis on how to get the job done. The mayors talked infrastructure fixes to […]
Decentralize Government to Resolve Country’s Divisions
America is increasingly a nation haunted by fears of looming dictatorship. Whether under President Barack Obama’s “pen and phone” rule by decree, or its counterpoint, the madcap Twitter rule of our current chief executive, one part of the country, and society, always feels mortally threatened by whoever occupies the Oval Office. Given this worsening divide, […]
Trump’s Super Bowl Dilemma
Just when we thought there were no more significant snubs forthcoming after Mexico’s president turned down the invitation to visit the White House over the unresolved issue of who will pay for The Wall, we hear that some of the Super Bowl Champion, New England Patriots, may also be taking a pass. One tantalizing question […]