Thomas D. Elias
Brown Man Disappoints Critics of PUC
It is time once more to roll out the lyrics of The Who's classic 1971 song, Won't Get Fooled Again when examining the California...
Is He Gov. Flip? Or Gov. Flop?
"A foolish consistency," the philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once noted, "is the hobgoblin of little minds." No one has accused Gov. Brown of being...
Thanks to GOP, Prop. 13 Likely to Remain Intact
Firm Republican opposition to tinkering of any kind with the 1978 Prop. 13 is one reason voters may get no chance next year to...
Why the GOP Insists on Being No. 2, Not No. 1
Few things gall California Republicans more than realizing they hold just 14 of this state's 53 seats in Congress, only 26 percent of California's...
Did You Know Grass (Not That Kind) Fights Climate Change?
Listen to water officials from Gov. Brown to local officials and you would think replacing lawns with drought-resistant plants or artificial turf is a...
Anti-Semitism Thrives While Napolitano Fiddles
Top University of California officials, including President Janet Napolitano and several campus chancellors, publicly deplore the way activists pushing U.C. to boycott Israel seemed to...
2 Chances for Vergara Victory: Slim and None
Like a time bomb, the court decision in Vergara v. California has been mostly dormant since the last election season ended in November. But...
Gradually, We Are Learning Names of Secret Donors
If there is one main reason for the distrust Californians feel for government and elected officials at all levels, it may be the way...
Broadening the Power of Nurse Practitioners
Let nurse practitioners in California have almost all the authority that doctors now possess, urges the state Senate via a proposed law it already...
Will Public Employees Have to Cough up More?
It was inevitable once the number of signatures needed to put a constitutional amendment initiative on the statewide ballot dropped by 300,000 following last...
