Hot CA Democratic Primary Could Burn State Republicans
Traditionally, Republican voters turn out in higher percentages relative to their registration numbers compared to Democrats in primary elections. That may not hold true when California voters go to the polls on March 3. With all the attention on the Democratic presidential nomination race in California and Republican voters prohibited from asking for a Democratic […]
The Cult of Jerry Refuses to Die
Now I understand why Jerry Brown is working so hard to stop the apocalypse, whether the threat is nuclear and climate. Because only the apocalypse could end his personal political cult. The endurance of the Cult of Jerry—lovely for his fans, maddening to those of us who seem as merely an artful dodger—has reached a […]
Middle-and low-income people leaving California
In 2017, Susanna Cardenas-Lopez left her home in Salinas to visit her brother in Idaho. Three days into her trip, she called her husband and told him they needed to move there. Back in Salinas, Cardenas-Lopez and her husband were left out in the cold after their landlord decided to stop renting the home they […]
To Fight Opioid Misuse and Dependence, Assume Every Patient is At Risk
Based on the news of multi-million-dollar settlements with large opioid manufacturers, it is tempting to believe the U.S. is finally gaining traction on the opioid epidemic. But now is not the time for health care providers to take a victory lap. There were nearly 400,000 deaths linked to overdoses of opioids, both prescription and illicit, in the U.S. from […]