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Portrait of CalMatters Columnist Dan Walters
Dan Walters,
CalMatters Commentary

Dan Walters has been a journalist for nearly 60 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. He has written more than 9,000 columns about the state and its politics and is the founding editor of the “California Political Almanac.” Dan has also been a frequent guest on national television news shows, commenting on California issues and policies.

Stories by Dan Walters

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Venezuelan opposition leaser Maria Cornia Machado at rally in Caracas on July 25, 2024. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 8 that he would meet with Machado the following week; she has tried to integrate herself to Trump and earlier this week offered to give him the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. (Adiana Loureiro Fernandez/ The New York Times)

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After Machado Offers Her Nobel, Trump Says It Would Be ‘Honor’ to Accept It

U.S. President Donald Trump listens during an event with Gilead Sciences on their work on HIV and Hepatitis C, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2020. (Reauters/Carlos Barria)

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Trump Pushes ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Agenda to Venezuela, Hurts Producers At Home

Crew abroad the USS Hampton at work during a deployment under the Arctic Ocean on March 17, 2024. The use of gunboats diplomacy faded heavily after World War II, but the practice of using navel force to bring an adversary to heel is as old as civilization itself. (Kenny Holston / The New York Times)

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In Venezuela, Trump Revives ‘Gunboat Diplomacy.’ What Is It?

Luigi Mangione appears in good spirits as the suppression hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson goes into another week, in New York, U.S., December 12, 2025. (Curtis Means/Pool via Reuters)

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US Judge Sets Jury Selection in Luigi Mangione CEO Killing Trial for September

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Handsome Harvey Is Shy, but Sure to Warm Your Heart

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Oil Gains as Market Weighs Iran, Russia Supply Risks

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