Thomas D. Elias
We Don’t Matter, and That Is a Shame
There has been a lot of loud talk and hyperbole during the preliminaries to next year's presidential election. With the political season on in...
Somebody Was Bound to Say It
It was bound to happen in a presidential campaign that has provided more fodder for satirists than any in modern memory: One candidate reviling...
Celebrity Politician Holds Huge Advantages
Parallels between current presidential candidate Donald Trump and ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are myriad and obvious to anyone who cares to look.
Both are celebrities with...
Union Threat – How Will It Play Out?
The common assumption in California politics is that labor unions always will be a major force because they have been for the last 30-plus...
Meet Two of PUC’s Fellow Bad Boys
For many years before formal investigations by both state and federal authorities began, it was clear the California Public Utilities Commission consistently favored big...
UC Regents Look Comfortable with Anti-Semitism
Back in June, the president of the University of California promised on national radio that the Board of Regents would vote at its next...
Erasing Line Between Citizens and Aliens
Almost no one seemed to notice last month, when California's new budget took effect, that yet another distinction between citizens and non-citizens was breached....
Latinos Could Lose Ground in Supreme Court Case
Fear and anxiety have been in the air around California's Latino political leaders in the weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will...
Gas ‘Shortages’ Self-Made? Look What Is Leaving State
On June 25, just one week before many California motorists began paying upwards of $4.30 per gallon for gasoline, the Bahamian-flagged tanker Teesta Spirit...
Time for Sanctuary Cities to Surrender
There is no need – not yet – for total abandonment of the humane aspects of the immigration sanctuary laws on the books in...
