Orange County DA’s probe of Anaheim corruption is long overdue

There’s still a key role for the DA’s office, which under Spitzer has operated in a professional and balanced manner, to sort through the mess.

The success of the Haley presidential campaign will still be predicated upon whether the rest of the field coalesces around her to defeat Trump

President Joe Biden’s age is no doubt a major factor cutting against him heading into a grueling election year. But it is far from the only reason many Americans not only want him to step aside from seeking re-election but would prefer re-electing former President Donald Trump over him.

Democratic Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo of Los Angeles made headlines last week after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after she plowed into some parked vehicles in her city’s Montecito Heights neighborhood.

We should have learned from the mostly failed war on drugs that the main impact was to enrich drug dealers.

California has seen some humdinger contests for its U.S. Senate seats, but none worthy of note in this century.

Just end all foreign aid and corporate welfare.

The far-right Claremont Institute, based here in Southern California, will be honoring Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco this Thursday. Above all else, this is a reflection of the sorry state of the American conservative movement.

Re “So there’s no way to prevent shootings?” (Nov. 5): While columnist Larry Wilson is correct about the scarcity of mass shootings in other countries, the real problem in the U.S. is that we resort to violence far more often than other countries. The possession or absence of guns isn’t the only cause of violence; Utah has relatively lax gun laws compared to California, yet its murder rate and violent crime rates are about half of that of California and firearms are used in a smaller percentage of its murders. If we subtract the murders committed with guns from […]

For anyone who thinks that progressive politicians are truly concerned with “protecting democracy,” this lawsuit proves otherwise.