Author: Joe Mathews

Dear California Trees, When are you going to stand up and take some responsibility for all the damage you do to this state? It’s not

John Cox’s sad excuse for a gubernatorial candidate, confirmed by a sorry performance on Monday’s radio debate raises the question: What would a serious Republican

“Getting down to Facts II: Current Conditions and Paths Forward for California Schools” is the most important report on California schools in years, probably since

In Rome last week, I helped write a new Magna Charta. I led this effort during a Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy, a free,

How will California survive the end of the American empire? The question might seem hypothetical, but I found it inescapable last week in Rome, where

You think it’s tough to get an initiative on the ballot in California? Think it’s even tougher to pass an initiative in California? Sure it

I’m happily married. But if I weren’t, I might start looking to marry someone age 55 or older. Because Prop 5 creates new financial incentives

Direct democracy makes communities happier. That’s the happy conclusion of research by Bruno S. Frey, of the Center for Research in Economics and Well-Being at