The Oakland A’s are baseball’s biggest losers. But their new temporary home—West Sacramento—is one of California’s greatest winners.
No California city has had a better 21st century than West Sacramento. The …
Californians vote on many ballot measures, but we almost never participate in significant public debates and discussions about the measures’ contents and impacts.
This isn’t simply a result of apathy or …
I’m not really American, and I couldn’t be prouder of that.
I hope you, my fellow Californians, feel the same way.
Because sometimes there’s no greater compliment than an intended insult.
This time, …
Last year, while organizing a global democracy forum in Mexico, a member of that country’s national electoral court requested I add a speaker to our program: an American …
The good news is that California will almost certainly have a high-speed rail line someday.
The bad news is that it may look a lot like “Whoosh.”
Whoosh is the name of …
Please don’t save democracy.
If you’re a politician—stop promising to save it.
Please! Stop even trying.
Because you can’t. Democracy isn’t something you save. The sooner we stop talking about saving democracy, the …
