The Los Angeles inferno continues, as new fires continue to break out even after entire neighborhoods have been ravaged and thousands of people have been displaced. Every day the case builds for reintroducing “a culture of responsibility” to California. Shmuel Klatzkin wrote of…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The American Spectator might not be at the top of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reading list, but had it been, he would have known that California’s teetering insurance system was just one particularly bad wildfire away from disaster. Sure,…
On New Year’s Eve, as people partied around the globe, a massive power blackout sent Puerto Ricans scrambling in the dark. Blackouts have also been common in California prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom, in 2019, to proclaim as state “energy czar” Puerto…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — We should all be tired by now of grandiose transportation promises based on “look how they do it in Europe” rather than “this will improve the lives of Americans,” but supporters of California’s High Speed Rail System admittedly…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has set out to “Trump-proof” California, but in one sense he’s too late. According to NBC News, 38.3 percent of Californians voted for Trump, by some accounts 40 percent, so as people across the country should know, Newsom’s crusade…
In their quest to “Trump proof” California, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta invoke “California values.” If people across the country wonder what exactly these values might be, state politicians have provided clues. As they gear up…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Living at the edge of California’s Gold Country, I’m often astounded by the entire enterprise — the idea that people flocked here from across the globe to extract gold from the hills and try to make a quick fortune….
SACRAMENTO, Calif — In a 1988 radio address praising Canadian voters for rejecting a political ticket that described a free-trade deal as “selling out Canada,” President Ronald Reagan noted that “the argument against tariffs” has not only “won nearly universal agreement among…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s political establishment spend a lot of time blathering about protecting “California’s values,” but the election results show that even voters here have tired of that nonsense. Vice President Kamala Harris —…