Thomas D. Elias
What if Trumpcare Works?
One problem in having a President who operates without much regard for facts, truth or consistency – one whose staff has devised the concept...
Our Electoral Roadblock
California is in the forefront of almost everything. From new tax formulas to new movies, TV shows and electronic devices, from pioneering farm irrigation...
The Cleanup That Left a Mess
Once California voters passed the 2000 Prop. 34 campaign finance initiative pushed by former Democratic Gov. Gray Davis, it was only a matter of...
Trump and Truth: Strangers
California's government soon will begin to learn what it means to deal with a president who very frequently is less than truthful.
The reality of...
Will Sessions Let Libs Go to Pot?
As a United States attorney in Alabama serving under President Reagan in 1986, the 39-year-old Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III was charged with enforcing civil...
Trump Can’t Punish Muslims, Can He?
The scene was a festive holiday-season dinner with guests from both Northern and Southern California. The discussion grew serious as the question arose of...
New Reason for Hillary’s Spanking
With the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump less than a month away, and the election receding into the rear view mirror, one thing is...
Obamacare Funeral Near?
President-elect Donald Trump probably does not lose much sleep over it, but millions of Californians have spent wakeful nights since his election wondering what...
Becerra: Unpredictable, Shrewd Pick
All through his career, unpredictability has been the hallmark of Gov. Brown, and he did it again by choosing 12-term Democratic Rep. Xavier Becerra...
Safer Living with Dems or GOP?
"The pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states," Barack Obama famously observed in 2004, several years before...
