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No Politician Alive Can ‘Save Democracy.’ That Job Is Exclusively for ‘We the People.’

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Here’s Why Kamala Harris Should Ditch VP Job and Run for Governor

Come back, Kamala. Back to California, where you have a future. Joe Mathews Opinion Away from Washington D.C., where they’ll never give y...

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I, Cedar, may be as dead as the narrator of the film Sunset Boulevard. But from my warm and dry pen in caprine heaven, I can still hand down...

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Turn School Boards Over to the Kids in the Classroom Seats

California kids, do you follow the news about the culture wars over local school boards? Joe Mathews Opinion If you do, you’ll see these ...

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An Ambitious, Crazy Plan for a Failing California: Homeless High-Speed Rail

Joe Mathews Opinion California is spending billions to house its increasing population of unhoused people. But it hasn’t come close to endi...

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You Can See California’s Future in Bend, Oregon

In this era of exodus, if you want to see the future of California, you have to leave the state. Joe Mathews Opinion I got an unexpected ...

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Let’s Take Cal, Stanford, Fresno State, San Diego State and Start the California Conference

Dear Cal and Stanford, Why are you running away from California? Joe Mathews Opinion Yes, the collapse of the Pac-12 conference — with ei...

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Which Is the Greater Threat to Humanity: Northern California or Southern California?

Sure, these are entertaining films about a physicist and a doll. But both movies are also global nightmares full of warnings about the damag...

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What’s the Cost of a Family Secret? Valley Farmer Shares the Answer.

Is there a family trait more common than keeping secrets? Family secrets have hidden costs. When we leave a place or person behind, we don’t...

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U.S. President Donald Trump waves while boarding Air Force One, as he departs for Alaska to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., August 15, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

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President Donald Trump gestures during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 26, 2025. (Reuters File)

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