Since taking office last month, Donald Trump has governed like a man with a sledgehammer and a checklist. He’s moving at a breakneck pace — executive orders flying, agencies gutted, ...
America, unfortunately, has long been suffering from a crisis of civics. Put simply, many Americans are woefully ignorant about the structure and features of their government. But every so often, ...
One reason American voters handed the country’s reins back to President Trump was the extreme inflation in housing prices that took place under his predecessor. The federal government has less ...
The catastrophic fires in Los Angeles County have stoked anxiety about the role of flammable vegetation around homes and other structures. Months of drought, combined with fierce Santa Ana winds, ...
The sheer volume of ruckus Republicans have generated from the minuscule issue presented by trans female athletes deserves its own special place in the annals of wagging the dog. From ...
As Los Angeles burned, firefighters from near and far rushed to our city. Crews from all over California; from Texas, Oregon, Arizona, tribal reservations and Mexico and Canada (despite the ...
At the windup of his MAGA rallies, Donald Trump liked to mix it up when he got to his crowd-pleasing promise to “Make America Great Again.” He’d shout fill-in-the-blank variations ...
Even as the Eaton and Palisades fires still burned, Angelenos were showing amazing generosity and support for those who lost homes or possessions. Neighbors have donated money, restaurants have set ...
Whether you’re feeling queasy or euphoric, or even a bit of both about the opening weeks of the second Trump presidency, my advice is to remember Stein’s Law. Richard Nixon’s ...
If one were to design a path to authoritarian rule, it would be what we have seen in the first weeks of the Trump administration. For my book “No Democracy ...