CALMATTERS: California’s unique employee lawsuit law could be repealed if ballot measure passes | Columns
In 2003, just five days after California voters recalled then-Gov. Gray Davis, he signed landmark legislation making it easier for…
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CALMATTERS: How long will California lawmakers let tech companies make them look like fools? | Columns
“Fool me once, shame on you,” the saying goes. With the benefit of hindsight, there’s no better encapsulation of the…
CALMATTERS: Outsiders love bashing California but residents are souring on the state, too | Columns
As Republican presidential candidates were slogging through Iowa and talking to voters prior to this week’s caucuses, California-bashing was common….
TYRADES! Been at your job too long? | Columns
Without much fanfare (okay, I did write and voice a radio commercial noting the milestone), I recently marked 25 years…
CALMATTERS: California’s worker shortage has quickly become another existential issue | Columns
Millions of Americans watched last weekend as NFL teams played the final games of their regular season. California fans were…
AI-generated Taylor Swift ads are pushing Le Creuset scam
AI-generated fake advertisements are making the rounds on social media again, this time using the voice and likeness of Taylor…
NYT should be ashamed of gross Taylor Swift op-ed speculating she’s a lesbian
It never ceases to amaze me what the New York Times will devote thousands of words to. But even the…
CALMATTERS: Could Gavin Newsom actually mount a successful presidential campaign? | Columns
It wasn’t the most important political story in California this year, but Gov. Gavin Newsom’s headlong plunge into national –…
CALMATTERS: Politicians refused to fix California’s boom-and-bust tax system. They now face a $68 billion deficit | Columns
It is truly amazing – and not in a good way – that California’s politicians cannot grasp a phenomenon that…
CALMATTERS: Progressives frustrated by failure to enact their agenda in deep blue California | Columns
Seemingly, California is a deeply blue state in which Democrats hold virtually all of the levers of political power, including…