California’s Greatest Scourge? Camping
Lock up your tents, California!
Toss out your old camping gear!
Hide your pillows and blankets where the cops will never find them!
Because the people who run California have finally seen clearly …
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My Late Uncle Jim’s Life of Tomorrows
When I think of my Uncle Jim, I often remember him as Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Jim Mathews, who died earlier this summer at age 77, loved to perform in community theater …
It’s the Best and Worst of Times in Oakland
If Dickens were to rise from the grave tomorrow, I bet he’d head straight to the East Bay.
Because we are watching a tale of two Oaklands.
One Oakland is advancing on …
Democracy Advocates Should Stop Fighting About Democracy
If democracy is going to flourish on this planet, its practitioners must come to see themselves as members of the same team.
Unfortunately, global democracy is a field divided. And not …
California Officials Can’t Build By Their Own Rules
At the very center of state government, you’ll find a hole in the ground demonstrating that the people who make California laws can’t live by them.
That hole is, for now, …
Who Will Defend Us From the Body Snatchers?
Maybe I’ve been watching too many old movies.
Or maybe the body snatchers are back.
We’ve seen them twice before in my home state of California. Both invasions—of pod aliens, who secretly …