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Purification of America Jun. 22, 2016
In 2008, Barack Obama promised a fundamental transformation of America. Where that promise has gone ... Read More
California Wine's Best Kept Secret Jun. 21, 2016
South Coast Winery in Temecula, California, recently pulled off a feat no other California winery ca... Read More
The Greatness of America Jun. 17, 2016
I'm not usually one for tearjerkers, but this week I watched one that I think every American could b... Read More
Carrying Guns: An Issue for the Supreme Court and the Electorate Jun. 12, 2016
If there is any issue that could intensify the emotions and raise the stakes in the 2016 presidentia... Read More
From Elephant to Tortoise, a GOP Manifesto Jun. 07, 2016
As usual, the GOP primary was sewn up before California's June 7 primary. By late May, Donald Trump ... Read More
Sacramento: Let Felons Vote in Jail Jun. 02, 2016
California lawmakers seem intent on making Sacramento the place where reasonable reforms, much like ... Read More
The Political Market Jun. 01, 2016
Dear Mr. Berko: Several of my well-read colleagues (we're all engineers) believe that the Department... Read More
California Counts for Nothing. Again Jun. 01, 2016
I got my absentee ballot in the mail, which reminded me: We have an election next Tuesday. The excit... Read More
Trinchero Forte Takes San Diego Challenge May. 31, 2016
When the Trinchero family moved from New York to the Napa Valley of California in 1947, there were p... Read More
Easing Trump Tensions May. 27, 2016
Much concern rightfully existed prior to the Wednesday campaign rally at the Anaheim Convention Cent... Read More
Holding on Tight in Healdsburg, California May. 08, 2016
By Norma Meyer Before I taste a lip-smacking estate Syrah, I try not to get smacked by a big-rig tru... Read More
Keep Violence out of Campaign May. 06, 2016
The violence that greeted Donald Trump rallies in California over the past week is not cool, nor is ... Read More
Loyal Republicans Are Worried, Angry May. 03, 2016
Cable news pundits often warn that Republicans have to respect the righteous anger of Donald Trump s... Read More
J One Year After Judy May. 03, 2016
WINDSOR, Calif. — J Vineyards & Winery is steeped in the history of California wine. It was fo... Read More
Donald Trump Crosses a Border May. 01, 2016
Donald Trump had to squeeze through a hole in a fence to speak at the California Republican Conventi... Read More
Sacramento's Latest Tax on New Jobs Mar. 29, 2016
In their infinite wisdom, Gov. Jerry Brown and the California Legislature have come up with five mor... Read More
Would The Donald Govern Like Arnold? Mar. 27, 2016
They're both iconic figures in American culture who are known by their first names. California's for... Read More
The Brute Force of Government Spending on Autopilot Mar. 20, 2016
My car was towed from an area near a train station in San Francisco last month. I had parked in fron... Read More
How the West Was Shunned in Primary Politics Mar. 17, 2016
There's a not-insignificant part of the United States known as the West Coast. It includes such prom... Read More
Jerry Brown's Funky California Prison Blues Feb. 14, 2016
When he initially retired from the system in 2011, there were 173,000 inmates in the state's prisons... Read More
