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March 20, 2013Catholics and non Catholics alike watched a new Pope being selected in the age old ritual of a secret election to replace the retired Pope Benedict. It was a wonder occasion filed with pomp and circumstance. The secrets of the Church fasc...

February 25, 2013I am a liberal Roman catholic that has had it with the bashing that is going on in the media, on Face Book and Twitter and from my own left wing of the Democratic Party.There is no doubt that the stewards of the Roman Catholic Church h...

Vote RecommendationsI recommend a straight democratic ticket from Obama, Feinstein all the way to the bottom of the California General Election Ballot. No big surprise there. My suggestion for the State wide ballot propositions may surprise you.Yes on ...

May 31, 2012In a giant step toward equality today, a federal appeals court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional.The decision was clear: the law treats same-sex couples as second-class citizens – and that's a violation of ...

May 21, 2012California’s June PrimaryThis is for all you California readers preparing to vote June 5th.The rest of the country can just tune out.First of all, I strongly support the nomination of President Obama and US Senator Feinstein. That said le...

April 4, 20112Great Article by Robert Reich and a road map the Democrats in Congress and the President ought to follow.Robert Reich: Health care jujitsuIf the Supreme Court decides the so-called "individual mandate" requiring everyone to buy health ins...

January 15, 2012Ever since I retired from working for the California Legislature three years ago last September, I have had a decreasing interest in what the idiots in the Legislature and Congress are doing and more and more I have become a super sport...

January 13, 2012The Presidential primaries on the Republican side are such a joke that it is hard to pay attention. I am a Democrat but I had a healthy interest in what the GOP candidates were saying and watched some of the early debates. The only cand...

January 1, 2012This New Year brings the 2012 Presidential campaign into focus. For those of us who love politics this is the year to rock and roll. Last time in 2008 all the action was with the Democrats. The long road to the n nomination was a fight t...

November 24, 2011The Republicans will over expose their gaggle of wanna be Presidents by all these televised debates. The lone candidate that seems to be coming into his own but largely ignored by the press and most of the GOP is Jon Hunt6sman. This is...