The SacBee reports that Tough On Crime types are trotting out the same symbols that Lee Atwater used in 1988 to sink a Democratic Presidential candidate. Willie Horton's shadow haunts the Capitol...

One thing that ought to be eliminated at a constitutional convention is the line-item veto. It was ruled unconstitutional for the federal government in the 1990s as giving the executive branch too much power. Unfortunately many state line-item vetoes...

I've been away from the internet for a few days. Precisely, I've been camping in one of our beautiful state parks near Mendocino. For all of our sakes, I sincerely hope that these facilities are...

As Brian noted, in the full list of the Governor's slash and burn budget, the offshore drilling proposal in Tranquillon Ridge off the Santa Barbara coast remains.  After a key environmental group backed away from the plan, which originally w...

Last week, Julio Ramirez, an investment banker and former politico in the LA area (he managed Richard Riordan's successful LA Mayor campaign), turned himself in to New York Attorney General Andrew...