Editorials

Our View: ‘Medicare for all’ fails again

Californians dodged the bullet on universal health care insurance once again when Senate Bill 810 was narrowly defeated last week, falling only two votes short of passage in the state Senate. After the vote, Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Darrel... Full story

Ron Hart: Captain ‘Chicken of the Sea’

The captain of the Italian Carnival Cruise Lines ship that turned over has to be one of the most hapless chaps of the decade. He ran aground his cruise ship, which carried many gluttonous cruise-crazed passengers. I think the ship was called "Gout of... Full story

Thomas D. Elias: State Democrats talk tough to Obama on housing

Pinpointing the prime cause of California's slow recovery from recession is easy: Too little has been done about the crisis in housing construction, values and foreclosures. While only one in 579 homes nationally is "under water," with resale value ... Full story

Our View: Bureaucrats eying your device chargers

It's enough to make the Energizer Bunny pound his drum in protest. This month the California Energy Commission imposed new regulations — the Appliance Efficiency Standards for Battery Chargers. According to the CEC's website, "The purpose of th... Full story

Thomas D. Elias: Seeing a different Jerry Brown this year

From the moment he began delivering his State of the State speech in mid-January, it was clear Gov. Jerry Brown realized California needs more than the avuncular presence he was most of last year. That speech traditionally offers each governor a chan... Full story

John Vinci: The politics of Obamacare waivers

Once again the Obama administration is issuing waivers from its controversial Obamacare law in order to make it more politically palatable. With high Catholic populations in key swing states, the Obama administration announced recently that it will g... Full story

Our View: Governor's medicine not the cure

Gov. Jerry Brown, in his annual State of the State message, said Wednesday that "California is on the mend." But what the still-ailing state needs, he said, is more medicine in the form of higher taxes, intrusive regulations and more debts to pay off... Full story

Ron Hart: The Bain of our existence

The Bain of Mitt Romney's existence now comes from an unlikely source: a fellow Republican. But in Monday's GOP debate, Romney defended free-market capitalism well. Newt Gingrich, the "smartest guy in the room" (just ask him), has put forth the pand... Full story

Thomas D. Elias: PUC secrecy extends beyond solar to rates and safety

There was public indignation when this column revealed late last year the secrecy maintained by the state Public Utilities Commission as it regulates the siting, building and design of several massive solar thermal electricity projects that will soon... Full story

Our View: State still has a 'Dream Act'

It's common sense that government should obey its own laws. Yet the California government violated its own laws against illegal immigration when it passed Assembly Bill 131 last year, and it was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. The law, actually ... Full story

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