Animal testing slows medical progress. It wastes money. It’s wrong
I am living with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often called Lou Gehrig’s disease. The average survival time after diagnosis is two to five...
The weird bipartisan alliance to cap credit card rates is onto something
Behind the credit card, ubiquitous in American economic life now for decades, stand a very few gigantic financial institutions that exert nearly unlimited power...
Facts about Alex Pretti’s death are undeniable. The White House is denying them anyway.
The killing of Alex Pretti was unjust and unjustified. While protesting — a.k.a. “observing” or “interfering with” — deportation operations, the VA hospital ICU nurse came...
New California Senate leader Monique Limón, ‘kind, generous’ and a ‘badass’
By: George Skelton
People often ask me how things have changed at the state Capitol since I began covering news there many decades ago. My...
California Billionaires Unite to Block Proposed ‘Billionaire Tax’
Opposition is growing in California, home to major tech company headquarters, against the proposed "billionaire tax." Billionaires have even created a group chatroom for...
