Opinion

We’re Doing This COVID-19 Mask Thing All Wrong

July 11, 2020

Agoston Haraszthy didn’t hesitate to wear masks. A Hungarian immigrant, he became San Diego’s first sheriff by portraying himself as a military colonel. Then, he sold himself as a metallurgist to win a top job at the San Francisco’s first U.S. Mint office. He ...

Five Myths About COVID-19 Politicians Insist Are True

The Conversation

July 9, 2020

The number of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has jumped to around 50,000 a day, and the virus has killed more than 130,000 Americans. Yet, I still hear myths about the infection that has created the worst publi...

Walters: State Unemployment Insurance in Chaos

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

July 9, 2020

Long before the COVID-19 shredded California’s economy, the state’s unemployment insurance program was deeply troubled. Thanks to a decades-long political stalemate, the unemployment system, managed by the E...

I Faced a Challenge One of Every Three People in America Has: Depression and Anxiety

CalMatters

July 8, 2020

On Friday, April 10, at 5 p.m., Californians learned I had resigned as chief economic and business advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom and chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. The press release stated I was leaving “to focus on family and personal bu...

Walters: 2020 Ballot Measures Are Mostly Do-Overs

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

July 8, 2020

Four months out from November’s election — and just three months until mail voting begins — outcomes of virtually all major California races are preordained, including a win by the Democratic presidential nomin...

Voter casts a ballot at local precinct in Fresno County during 2018 General Election

Props to You, Californians: A Preview of What’s on Your November Ballot

CalMatters

July 5, 2020

After a bit of last-minute legislative maneuvering, the list of propositions that California voters will be asked to weigh in on has been — more or less — finalized. Ben Christopher CalMatters ...

Walters: Newsom Now Owns the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

July 5, 2020

Just a few weeks ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom was boasting about California’s apparent success in suppressing COVID-19 infections in implicit contrast to other states, such as New York, that were being clobbered by the pandemic. He called it “bending the curve” o...

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Rediscovering America: A Quiz for Independence Day

InsideSources.com

July 3, 2020

By Jeffrey Sikkenga Many of the activities associated with Independence Day have been canceled this year, including parades, fireworks, and large community and neighborhood barbecues. During t...

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Can California Save America From Itself?

Joe Mathews

July 2, 2020

“Go to my website or use the hashtag #LetsGetTheCalOuttaHere!” shouts Gwyneth Paltrow in the Netflix series The Politician. Running for governor on a platform of leading California’s secession from the United S...

Young children in a classroom reading together

Walters: It’s Time to Enforce Law and Help At-Risk Kids

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

July 2, 2020

During his second governorship, journalists occasionally would ask Jerry Brown what he was doing about California’s highest-in-the-nation poverty rate. Brown would tick off several actions, his centerpiece being the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), whi...

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Props to You, Californians: A Preview of What’s on Your November Ballot

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Walters: State Unemployment Insurance in Chaos

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We’re Doing This COVID-19 Mask Thing All Wrong

Five Myths About COVID-19 Politicians Insist Are True

Walters: State Unemployment Insurance in Chaos

I Faced a Challenge One of Every Three People in America Has: Depression and Anxiety

Walters: 2020 Ballot Measures Are Mostly Do-Overs

Props to You, Californians: A Preview of What’s on Your November Ballot

Walters: Newsom Now Owns the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rediscovering America: A Quiz for Independence Day

Can California Save America From Itself?

Walters: It’s Time to Enforce Law and Help At-Risk Kids