It was a busy week in the nation’s capital, starting with the inauguration ceremonies on Monday. But by Thursday, the president’s speech, which had delighted his political base and had infuriated the opposition, was already back page news. Replacing it were the apparent cave-in by House Republicans on the debt ceiling issue and the Congressional […]
Archives for January 2013
The Best Performances in and around Sacramento in 2012
The year just past was perhaps one of the best in many years for artistic performances in and around Sacramento. Of the many we saw, no fewer than 20 merit recognition. And so, in something of a break with tradition, we are expanding our usual top ten to twice that number. One tradition we will […]
Working the Gerrymandering Advantage: the Republican Plan to Win the Presidency
Last November, while President Obama was beating Mitt Romney by almost five million votes in the presidential election, Democrats also received over one million more votes than Republicans for candidates for the House of Representatives. That fact might come as a surprise, but it is true. If you add up all the votes Democrats received […]
Why Legislation Won’t Be Enough to Stop the Gun Violence
The current debate over guns can get entirely too emotional for rational discussion. How can it be otherwise when, on the one hand, you have the parents of those whose children were killed at places like Newtown and, on the other, the owners of guns who cherish their firearms almost as much as they do […]