Opinion

May 20, 2013 - As global capital becomes ever more powerful, giant corporations are holding governments and citizens up for ransom — eliciting subsidies and tax breaks from countries concerned about their nation's "competitiveness" — while shelteri...

I will start with a few huge qualifiers - I am a big Kings fan.  When I arrived in Davis in 1996, the Kings were not much to speak of but I was intrigued by how much people were still into the team.  A few years later, they made the critical trade to...

This week I got into an interesting text exchange from an old friend challenging me on Obama's less than acceptable record on civil liberties.  The problem that my friend had is that I largely agree with him on the President's record on Civil Libertie...

Steve points out a pair of nice articles in the New York Post:We get the sense that it’ll all work out for Frances, which is comforting. But despite the indomitable Gerwigian charm the character is barely on the right side of cliché — a manic pixi...

It's comforting to know that that personality doesn't go the way of perky breasts and a freshfaced complexion.

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May 15, 2013 - At last, some excellent economic news for folks long-mired in the stagnant labor market. "Jobs Spring Back," exclaimed a typical headline on recent reports that 165,000 private-sector jobs were added in April. Wow — the thunderous, th...

May 16, 2013 - Six months into a second term and the Obama White House is on the defensive and floundering: Benghazi, the IRS's investigations of right-wing groups, the Justice Department's snooping into journalists' phone records, Obamacare behind sch...

In honor of Bike To Work Day, The Atlantic just released a list of the nation’s 25 most Bikeable Neighborhoods. On it, Sacramento gets a whole lot of love for its pedal power. The Midtown, Marshall School, Newton Booth, Boulevard Park, New Era P...

Six Kinds Of Transplants Ruining LA:6) The Hippie: Hippies are often thought to be mostly harmless, so long as they bathe once in a while. But the problem with the hippie is that he thinks he belongs here. In fact, hippies generally labor under the de...