Author: Joe Mathews

It takes some time to process the election results. Here, to accompany my post on the five election winners, are five election losers. 1. Whoever

I spent election week traveling – you know, to places with real democracy and competitive elections, like Kansas – and have spent the last couple

Gov. Brown is taking hits for carrying on fundraising late in the campaign, and even after the election, despite the fact that he won easily

Napolitano, 1, Brown 0. Last week’s Board Regents meeting, which I got to see in person on Wednesday, was great political theater – a contest

Mayor Eric Garcetti is wrong when he says Los Angeles shouldn’t give taxpayer dollars to the National Football League. To the contrary, L.A. would be

I’ve previously written here about the new $1.5 billion-plus tax incentive giveaway to Hollywood, and how such tax credits don’t pay for themselves. But there’s

At a moment like this, younger Californians should read Mona Simpson. The novelist, who is also a UCLA English professor, may be best known these

Janet Napolitano finally has the UC in the right position: on offense. For years, the University of California has been on defense when it comes

The experience of Props 1 and 2 was frustrating to watch. On two significant proposals – a water bond and a budget-debt-reserve formula – voters