The Gas Tax. Who Cares?
Apparently, it’s time to choose up sides about the gas tax. What’s the point? There’s not much good to say about the legislative package that
Joe Mathews
June 16, 2017
Author: Joe Mathews
Connecting California Columnist and Editor, Zócalo Public Square, Fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (UC Press, 2010)
Brown Does the Lord’s Work on Prop 56
In California, the act of trying to make an inflexible ballot initiative a little more flexible is the Lord’s work. Which brings me to the
Joe Mathews
June 13, 2017
Silicon Valley is testing us
A: Test me all night, baby. No really. Sign me up to be the subject of A/B testing. I’d even be willing to sign a
Joe Mathews
June 12, 2017
Sucking Up to China Is Unseemly, Even on Climate Change
I understand the impulse of Gov. Brown and leading Democrats to stick it to President Trump. Our so-called president has lied so often about California
Joe Mathews
June 9, 2017
California Democrats Should Retract Praise for Trump’s Fraudulent Infrastructure ‘Plan’
Among the supposedly wise folks of Sacramento, there has been much tut-tutting about the fervent anti-Trump opposition of so many Californians. Don’t you understand, they
Joe Mathews
June 6, 2017
In CA Festival Bubble, Bet on Garlic Over Gaga
You heard it here first: The next bubble to burst in California, perhaps even before Silicon Valley and real estate, just might be the festival
Joe Mathews
June 5, 2017
The Unserious Left Reveals Itself on Single-Payer
Health care is a serious subject. Single-payer health systems provide a serious model for how to get the public the health care it needs. If
Joe Mathews
June 1, 2017
Please Don’t Name That Freeway for Obama
The California legislature is about to do something pathetic: Naming a stretch of the 134 Freeway between Pasadena and Glendale for President Obama. I understand
Joe Mathews
May 31, 2017
A Miraculous & Disappointing New State Park
Riddle: When is a miracle also bound to be a disappointment? Answer: When the miracle is a project of the state of California. A case
Joe Mathews
May 30, 2017