The 2008 election was destined to be one of change. But change is something that is much easier to talk about than it is to implement.
Access to higher education for all who qualify long has been a hallmark for California residents. Is this a value that the state can afford to chip away?
Assuming that either Clinton or Obama takes the oath of office on January 20, 2009 -- immediately he or she would become a war president. What exactly would Clinton or Obama do then?
In California, we assume the electorate can make snap judgments about the state's issues that are superior to lawmakers who have been elected to represent us.
The Trinity United Church of Christ, under the leadership Rev. Wright, is an oasis in the wilderness of poverty, black on black crime, and under performing public schools that plague Chicago.
McCain is trapped in an unenviable box. If he supports the present administration policies -- advantage Democrats. If he tries to run away from them -- advantage Democrats.
If we were making real progress in Iraq, why then must Cheney travel to Iraq undercover, while Iranian President Ahmadinejad openly arrives to a red carpet greeting?
When we the public make the sound bite the end and not the beginning, we risk violating what the code of ethics we also warn journalists to guard against.
On her Iraq vote, Clinton appears to stand dangerously close to the divide that separates exaggeration and mendacity.
