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If you watch the way the polls are interpreted in the media these past couple of weeks, you may become manic over where the election results are headed.  The reality is, you can relax, because according to...

Do we have a problem with not enough revenue or wasting too much of what we get? This is the age old question we face in public policy. Below is a thoughtful piece by Ross Druthat "Our government isn’t...

I am home for a couple of weeks straight, which these days is an unusual run for me.  So I'm using this as an opportunity to reconnect with people in California who I feel I have somewhat neglected lately. ...

Last night I had the pleasure of spending 2 hours and 40 minutes driving with my Dad through the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, to a small, rural county called Calaveras.  You may...

There is an interesting schism developing on the American left between unions, suffering declining membership, and the broader American population.  The recent public fights in Wisconsin, and more generally...

By David Sloan Wilson. I’m attending an event called the Guiding Lights Weekend at the Seattle Center, the site of the 1962 World’s Fair and therefore a 50-year old vision of the future. Evidently, we were...

Historically, incumbents who run for re-election rarely lose in the primary. The following incumbents were defeated in the 2012 state legislative elections. Read full article at...

A Tea Party Founder's New Friends Right wing warrior Mark Meckler re-emerges with liberal alliances. Read full article at...

THE HEALTH CARE COMPACT The Constitution established a federal government, but with limited and enumerated powers, and reserved to the states or to the people those powers not granted to the federal...