David Hadley: Trump 2.0 one year in – advice from a supporter
You can complete your second term as a transformational American president.
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Susan Shelley: Supreme Court’s decision on tariffs may not matter at all
President Trump isn’t much constrained, if at all, by the Supreme Court’s decision in this...
Made in America, fired abroad — Washington’s bullets fuel chaos and blowback
For decades, Washington has tried to paint weapons as an instrument of stability. History tells...
Not a moment too soon, California moves to embrace nuclear energy
Powering the fourth-largest economy in the world will require a more thoughtful and balanced approach than we...
Mass incarceration won’t make California safer — but the next governor can
Safety isn’t about who can sound toughest at a press conference.
Walter Block: On birthright citizenship, Trump is simply wrong
These children broke no law! Mr. Trump would deny them birthright citizenship only in contravention...
David Hadley: Trump 2.0 one year in – successes amid the drama
Whether you voted for Trump or not, let’s give credit where credit is due.
Excessive litigation is a hidden tax on California households
California has largely doubled down on permissive litigation practices that encourage inflated claims and excessive...
CPUC should allow the Charter-Cox merger to proceed
California should not make itself an outlier when it comes to internet service.
ACA 7 injects race in public schools with a government blessing
Don’t divide us.
California should lead on recycling — not lower the bar
California’s future should be built on solutions — not excuses for giving up.
Trump should step back from the brink with Iran
While some argue that the so-called Venezuela model can be applied to Iran, the comparison...
Erick Erickson: GOP ignores Trump’s deepening unpopularity at its own peril
There is still time for a course correction, but not if the truth is drowned...
Why two Republicans advancing in the race for governor is a long shot
The odds of two Republicans advancing are not zero. But in California politics, institutions rarely...
ICE tyranny is what democracy looks like
Voters made this possible.
Suing the federal government is ridiculously hard. It shouldn’t be that way.
Holding our government accountable, which goes to the core of America’s identity, should not be...
California’s energy transition is failing the middle class — and we need to admit it
If we keep pretending this system is sustainable, $8 gas won’t be a headline.
California needs to transition away from the gas tax, whether Republicans like it or not
California’s roads, highways and bridges need repair and modernization. The gas tax won’t fund those...
Time for action: Let’s work together to make gas more affordable for all Californians
Call this special session so we can lower costs and build a more affordable future.
The dangerous unintended consequences of a domestic violence registry
Rather than establish a domestic violence registry, California should invest in the solutions proven to...
Los Angeles can’t afford an Olympic distraction
Wasserman can fight the news cycle and hope it fades, or he can make a...
Reigniting tax war with foreign partners isn’t a good idea for California
The Legislature should dismiss the proposal to repeal the water’s-edge election and instead focus on...
I spent 16 years defending Border Patrol agents. What happened in Minneapolis was illegal.
The U.S. Border Patrol motto “Honor First” is not just a slogan. It is a...
We won’t solve the housing crisis if it’s illegal to pick up a hammer
If we want affordable homes, we need to tear down the regulatory walls that are...
Major safety concerns for travelers using Southern California’s airports
It should not take a deadly tragedy to spur the reforms needed in American air...
Bring back the SAT at CSU — or admit we are failing our own students
Access without readiness is not opportunity. It is a disservice.
LA County supervisors must not rush another tax to the ballot
The supervisors will make their final decision on March 6, which is the deadline for...
Larry Sand: The Los Angeles teachers’ union is close to striking, again
Besides demanding more and more money for fewer and fewer students, what else are union...
Carolyn Cavecche: Why conservatives must reject nationalized elections
Congress needs to step up, start doing their job, and send a clear message: overzealous...
Prediction markets show the cost of prohibiting sports betting
Prohibition is a losing bet for taxpayers and consumers.
California’s once soaring population has hit a plateau. So will its national political clout
There’s an old saying that demographics are destiny. What’s happening now underscores that truism.
Sanctuary policies broke the system – but federal overreach won’t solve the problem
Interior immigration enforcement must be structured to balance federal authority with local legitimacy.
California is far from reaching its recycling target — and that’s OK
California has exploited the “positive emotions associated with recycling” with a policy hammer to pressure compliance, as...
Trump’s embrace of economic leftism will destroy his legacy
He will be remembered as the president who answered the public’s cry for help with...
Keep your politics out of my sports
Bring back the spectacle. Keep politics off the sports field.
California’s public school funding should be based on students actually enrolled
Enrollment-based funding is a sound policy that would help open enrollment and put the focus...
American exceptionalism is now at a crossroads
Lest we forget, the greatest virtue a person can possess is to abide by a...
California can reduce electric rates by easing state mandates
California cannot afford to be fatalistic when it comes to energy prices.
Susan Shelley: California politicians sure keep the lawyers busy
Price will have to rely on the California doctrine: Corruption without strippers, cocaine and cash...
COVID slowed but couldn’t stop the fall in global inequality
The gains of recent decades have left the world both better off and more equal.
California’s lawsuit loansharks: When hedge funds profit from trauma
Wall Street hedge funds shouldn’t be able to bet on lawsuit outcomes like they bet...
The Minneapolis shootings are a test for police accountability
Those judgments will shape trust, cooperation, and legitimacy long before—and long after—any legal determination is...
The No Kings Act: Why federal agents must be accountable under the Constitution
our leaders and law enforcement officers swear an oath to uphold the Constitution, it should...
Trump’s ICE: Kicking down doors, kicking down the Constitution
They don’t have the training and experience to know they’re being lied to.
California’s small CEQA workarounds aren’t enough to produce the housing needed
California can continue expanding a complex patchwork of exemptions, or it can undertake the better...
Governing at gunpoint: ICE in Minneapolis
Minneapolis is reeling as masked, heavily armed ICE agents flood immigrant neighborhoods, pulling people from...
Amy Reichert: Two friends, one broken immigration system
Mercy for people like Fito; no mercy for those who take innocent lives like Arya’s.
California produced two Republican presidents. Why not a Democratic one?
In presidential politics, perception turns into shorthand, and shorthand becomes reality.
Jeff Prang: When the Legislature failed fire victims, local government stepped in
Fire victims deserve nothing less.
Patrick Eddington: ICE buys its way around the Fourth Amendment
Most concerning is that they can requisition these data without ever having to get a...
The Trump administration continues to politically target California’s transportation funding
California’s infrastructure funding needs to be less politicized, not more.
Mike Hestrin: Proposition 36 is working but the state must fund treatment
With the overwhelming passage of Proposition 36 in November 2024, California voters sent a clear...
The folly of Trump’s Greenland obsession
All the strategic and geopolitical rationales Trump is citing are not actual reasons for acquiring...
California’s government broadband gamble will cost taxpayers
TPA has dubbed such middle-mile networks as “broadband to nowhere” since the success of the...
Cláudia Nunes: How CEQA is freezing AI competition at the infrastructure level
To prevent this self-inflicted decline, policymakers must reform CEQA to reflect California’s modern economy, its...
Mariana Trujillo: Why a billionaire tax would backfire on California
While taxing them may feel cathartic to some, it’s neither a smart nor a sustainable...
Jim Brulte: Finally, something Gavin Newsom and I agree on
This “wealth tax” is unbelievably bad policy and it should never become law.
I fled the Los Angeles wildfires. Here’s what would help prevent future tragedies
We must take decisive action.
Proposed wealth tax creates long-term budget risks for California
Under the wealth tax proposal, California is at risk of losing something it can’t easily...
Editorial: LAO report underscores California’s long-term budget mess
Hopefully state leaders pay attention to these warnings for a change and get ahead of...
State and feds fail to protect Americans from foreign scammers
While other Western nations implement national strategies, the United States lags behind, and states, as...
Insurance company subsidies are no prescription for lowering healthcare costs
Republicans have an opportunity to let a temporary entitlement program expire. We cannot let this...
California’s hidden jobs tax was no accident
That California stands alone as the only delinquent state is not merely a travesty—it is...
Brian Jones: State of the state is not what we’re told, or what it should be
Read between the lines of your governor’s convenient narrative.
Five years after January 6, we’re watching the same threats rise again
Today, I am using my voice to make sure January 6 never happens again.
Liberation or Occupation? The illusion of U.S. regime change
Venezuela’s future will ultimately be decided not by who captured Maduro, but by whether Venezuelans are allowed and...
Alexander Billy and Neel Sukhatme: Abundance beyond housing
There’s no reason we cannot direct our capital at the highest-impact bottlenecks to end scarcity.
Austin Beutner: Los Angeles is a city in crisis
It’s being made worse by the repeated failures in the Palisades.
Will California High-Speed Rail private investors take any real risk?
Brightline’s bicoastal struggles show that the window for companies to operate intercity rail service in...
It’s time to rethink California’s tragically ineffective conservatorship laws
Families need the option to secure help for their incapacitated loved ones before they become...
Joseph Charney: L.A. supervisors were slow to foresee and prevent fraud
Taxpayers deserve oversight
Housing reform’s missing capital is key to unlocking abundance
If abundance is going to stick, builders have to be able to build. And they...
Raising children should be affordable: Beyond the baby steps of Reiner, Newsom
We can't stop politicians from spotlighting what’s new, their latest stitch in a colorful quilt...
Lowering health care costs starts with real reform, not temporary subsidies
The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act is an important step in that...
Lab leak in Spain? A wake-up call for global biosafety
The lab connection to the current African swine fever virus outbreak in Spain cannot be...
Cali-fordability crisis is not an accident. It is the product of failed leadership.
California’s experiment in centrally planned decarbonization has made power more expensive, less reliable, and less...
Fruit Loops on trial: The harbinger of all bad lawsuits to come
We just want affordability and abundance.
How powerful teachers unions promote antisemitism throughout California
CFA is no longer a normal union, and it doesn’t pretend to be one. It
California’s wealth tax proposal pits fiscal fantasy against economic reality
California's fiscal future requires sustainable revenue sources and spending discipline, not desperate measures that trade...
From Vietnam to Gaza: Why I’m cosponsoring the Block the Bombs Act
To stand by both Israel and Palestine, I must lean on humanity.
Álvaro Vargas Llosa: What kind of president will José Antonio Kast be?
Kast needs to demonstrate the legitimacy of that model by putting Chile back on the...
To improve affordability, California must work with employers rather than target them
Lawmakers can make 2026 a groundbreaking year by adopting this approach to affordability.
Trump’s word games can’t conceal the murderous reality of his anti-drug strategy
The debate about the Sept. 2 attack underlines that point.
Social mobility is America’s bipartisan project. Let’s reduce barriers to it.
Social mobility can thrive if we reject zero-sum politics.
Should we worry about Waymos from China?
Californians should welcome the opportunity to make our state more affordable by taking advantage of...
Government unchained: The year the Constitution lost its guardrails
Here is what it means to live under the Constitution today.
John Moorlach: If I were governor, here are ten ideas I’d pursue to save California
There’s much, much more to do
Wayne Winegarden: Why reforming PBMs is the key to lowering drug costs
Congress continually struggles to find bipartisan reforms that improve affordability and increase the quality of...
Trump weaponizes tragedy to justify targeting Afghan refugees
America is capable of being better than the politics of fear. It is time we...
Why Congress must rein in the modern presidency
No president — Republican, Democrat or otherwise — should have the ability to reshape domestic...
Kerry Jackson: Checking the fine print on Newsom’s “donor state” boast
Three times between 2015 and 2023, California took in more than it sent to the...
Elaine Parker: Three healthcare reform ideas for Congress
As the fight over enhanced Obamacare subsidies intensifies, lawmakers should target the root causes of...
Karen Bass: Los Angeles can’t turn back now on homelessness progress
Los Angeles has made historic progress. We cannot — and will not — turn back...
Direct-to-patient funding is the future of American healthcare
If we care about Americans’ health, independence, and pocketbooks, we need to change the game.
Deporting democracy, importing authoritarian logic
The logic of democracy doesn’t stop at the border—it applies to how we treat those...
Housing First is an evidence-based failure
What, then, explains the unwavering belief among Housing First evangelicals that their solution to homelessness...
What’s really fueling Californians’ pain at the pump
Oil remains vital to Californians’ prosperity, and the Golden State would do well to realign...
‘Disparate impact’ lawsuits cost American businesses and taxpayers
These facts are unpleasant for many to hear.
What Sacramento can teach Washington about the filibuster
The Senate’s guardrails can be frustrating, especially when a majority has the votes to act.
Terrorists still haven’t destroyed America. And they won’t.
The numbers do not suggest, as Trump put it, a “complete shutdown” of Muslim immigration...