For decades, Orange County was a reliable incubator of conservative politics, and, in the era of Nixon, Goldwater and Reagan, a fairly powerful force in
If Hollywood were to cast a governor and future president, and if a straight white male were still politically acceptable, he would look like California’s
Given the likely defeat of President Donald Trump, a functionally headless Republican Party is destined for a period of reflection. Trump himself, for all his
California remains deep blue, but the good news from this week’s elections is that it has not yet achieved complete ballot-box unanimity. California voters appear
They paved paradise…And put up a parking lot…With a pink hotel, a boutique…And a swinging hot spot…Don’t it always seem to go…That you don’t know
The long-rising blue tide that has colored American politics and values may have crested, but it could still have enough momentum to make it through
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In the soft warmth of spring the swallows famously return to Capistrano, but in recent years they are followed by what seems inevitable summer power
No state advertises its green credentials more than California. That these policies often hurt the economy, driving up housing costs and narrowing opportunities for working-class