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The New Space Era Takes Big Steps Forward

William Bradley | Posted 05.30.2012

For all the Star Wars and Star Trek resonances in this mission, Robert Heinlein's The Man Who Sold the Moon seems a better fictional precursor.

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A Bucket of Woe: Jerry Brown's Unsurprisingly Unhappy Budget

William Bradley | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: California, Antonio Villaraigosa, Anne Gust Brown, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, San Francisco News, Ace Smith, Bill Clinton, Los Angeles News, Gray Davis, California Budget Crisis, Hillary Clinton, Jerry Brown, Video, Politics News

Does the air of shock around the latest in California's chronic budget crisis count as a failure of Gov. Brown's communications strategy? Or as a success? A bad shock may be what the electoral doctor ordered for Brown's November revenue initiative.

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Nuclear's Once Bright and Shiny Future Blinks Out

William Bradley | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: California, World News, Arnold Schwarzenegger, France, Green News, Renewable Energy, Conservation, Iran, Bruce Willis, Los Angeles News, Jerry Brown, Steve Westly, Switzerland, Energy Efficiency, Barack Obama, Japan Tsunami, Japan Earthquake, Germany, San Francisco News, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Japan, Gray Davis, Nicolas Sarkozy, Francois Hollande, Nuclear Power, Video, Politics News

Where, outside of Iran, will new nuclear power plants be contemplated? Wherever that may be, it looks to be increasingly few and far between.

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The Curious Chen Crisis Spotlights Our Big China Conundrum

William Bradley | Posted 05.04.2012

The whole thing is very odd. It all highlights what a conundrum that leaders from Washington to California face in dealing with the challenges and opportunities presented by a clearly ascending and not very well understood China.

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Back on the National Stage? Jerry Brown Brings An Incomplete Story

William Bradley | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: High-Speed Rail, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, San Francisco News, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Los Angeles News, Gray Davis, California Budget Crisis, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles News

California is an important proving ground for new energy and transportation initiatives. Governor Jerry Brown is in Washington for a round of meetings and appearances. What will he say?

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The Persistence of Tunnel Vision: Another Problem for Jerry Brown

William Bradley | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Renewable Energy, High-Speed Rail, Los Angeles News, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, San Francisco News, Jerry Brown, Politics News

Jerry Brown has a number of problems to deal with in his new/renewed governorship. One of the biggest of all is a persistent tunnel vision in California's frequently dysfunctional political culture.

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Bobby Jindal Faces Recall Over 'Fascist' Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Bobby Jindal Recall, Bobby Jindal Governor, Jan Brewer Recall, Alec, American Legislative Exchange Council, Bobby Jindal, Chuck Kleckley, Angie Bonvillain, Gray Davis, Brenda Romero, Recall Elections, Lynn Frazier, Evan Mecham, Scott Walker Recall, Louisiana Politics, Rick-Snyder-Recall, Recall, Politics News

Two teachers have launched a recall drive to oust Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and state House Speaker Chuck Kleckley (R-Lake Charles) from office....

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GOP Governor Threatened With Recall -- Again

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Jan Brewer Recall, Jan Brewer, Scott Walker Recall, Video, Michigan Rising, Scott Walker, Gray Davis, Governor Rick Snyder, Recall Elections, Recall, Rick Snyder Budget Cuts, Rick Snyder Recall, Lynn Frazier, Michigan Politics, Rick Snyder, Politics News

For the second time in two years a group of Michigan activists is launching a recall drive against Gov. Rick Snyder (R). With a reworded recall pe...

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PHOTOS: Celebs Raise $500K To Help UCLA Save The Environment

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Vicci-Martinez, Ucla, UCLA IoES, Gray Davis, Environmentalism, Lana Del Rey, Celebrities Environment, Tony Pritzker, Environment, Quincy Jones, Jared Leto, Lawrence Bender, Slidepollajax, Ioes, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Owen Wilson, Celebrities, Los Angeles News

Celebrities including Owen Wilson, Quincy Jones, Lana Del Rey, Jared Leto, Lawrence Bender and Vicci Martinez, a finalist from "The Voice," gathered i...

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Jerry Brown Makes Some Splashy Moves

William Bradley | Posted 05.01.2012

Some imagine that Brown is at last embracing the way of his father, the legendary late Governor Pat Brown, widely credited as the builder of modern California, in developing what might be called an Edifice Complex. But that's not quite it.

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Jerry Brown 2.0 at 1

William Bradley | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Maria Shriver, California Budget Crisis. 2012 Elections, Republican Party, California, Anne Gust Brown, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Gray Davis, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles News

President Barack Obama will carry California. That's not in question. What is in question is California's future.

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PAY UP: Billionaires Want To Increase Your Taxes By $10 Billion

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Ca $10 Billion Tax Increase, Ca Billionaire Tax Overhaul, Think Long Committee, Condoleezza Rice, Billionaires Reform Ca, Eric Schmidt, Gray Davis, Nicolas Berggruen, Billionaires Tax Ballot Measure, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eli Broad, Billionaires Blueprint to Renew California, Los Angeles News

A group of some of California's most powerful billionaires say they plan on putting a $10-billion tax increase on the November 2012 ballot. Calling it...

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Scott Walker Making Campaign Moves During 'Monday Night Football'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Scott Walker Recall Election, Gray Davis, Recall Elections, Governor Scott Walker, Lynn Frazier, Scott Walker Recall, Video, Wisconsin Recall, Rebecca Kleefisch, Scott Walker Recall Effort, State and Local Government, Wisconsin Politics, Scott Walker, Recall, Wisconsin Recall Elections, Politics News

On Monday night, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) will kick off his campaign to beat a recall effort ahead of recall petitions due to be mailed out Tue...

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High-Speed Rail: Jerry Brown's Big Move to the Future

William Bradley | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Renewable Energy, Republican Party, High-Speed Rail, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Jerry Brown, California Transportation, California High Speed Rail, Los Angeles News

Gov. Brown wasn't around in person for the unveiling of the revamped business model for California's High-Speed Rail Authority, but his thinking is all over the plan itself.

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Jerry Brown Makes Some Moves

William Bradley | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Solar Energy, Anne Gust Brown, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Renewable Energy, Goodwin Liu, Gray Davis, CAFE Standards, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles News

Brown had been remarkably quiet since signing the state budget at the end of June, even by the terms of his rather quiet new/renewed governorship. He returned on July 22nd with a burst of activity.

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Why Did Jerry Brown Veto the Farm Worker Bill?

William Bradley | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Cesar Chavez, California, Antonio Villaraigosa, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Earl Warren, Barack Obama, Card Check, Afl-Cio, California Governor's Race, Art Pulaski, Gray Davis, Arturo Rodriguez, United Farm Workers, Jerry Brown, Dolores Huerta, Los Angeles News

In any real biography of Jerry Brown, the farm workers are not only a big chapter, they are shot through the entire story. Yet, he vetoed the bill.

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Still Think Schwarzenegger's Not a Serial Groper?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Gray Davis, Gov. Jerry Brown, Mildred Baena, Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News

It's easy to feel sympathetic towards Maria Shriver, who's clearly dealing with a highly emotional, humiliating public scandal. But I also can't help feeling for those fifteen women who her husband allegedly molested in the past.

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Has California's Reform Moment Arrived?

William Bradley | Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Willie Brown, California Governor's Race, Meg Whitman, California, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Shultz, Jerry Brown, Nathan Gardels, Nicolas Berggruen, Dan Schnur, Maria Elena Durazo, Bob Hertzberg, Los Angeles News

Has California's big reform moment arrived? It sure seems as though it should have, but Jerry Brown only has half a budget deal. Even though the chronic crisis is still more glaring than before.

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Assessing Jerry Brown's Assessments (And Why He Was in Stealth Mode So Long)

William Bradley | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathleen Brown, Bill Clinton, Grover Norquist, California Governor's Race, California Budget Crisis, Pamela Harriman, Republican Party, Jerry Brown, California, Steve Chu, Renewable Energy, Gray Davis, Bernice Brown, Ronald Reagan, Pat Brown, Los Angeles News

Even though Brown has spent countless hours with Republican legislators, not to mention all the time he's worked the Democrats to get their half of the compromise, he still doesn't have a budget deal.

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The Return of Jerry Brown

William Bradley | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Republican Party, Meg Whitman, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gray Davis, Jerry Brown, Max Weber, Los Angeles News

Now that his months of behind-the-scenes talks on solving the state's chronic budget crisis have come up short, the Jerry Brown we've known is mostly back. He's speaking out again.

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Jerry Brown 2.0: How's It Going?

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, California Governor's Race, Meg Whitman, California, Gray Davis, Los Angeles News

Brown has proposed a combination of big cuts and big tax extensions, which has advocates on all sides screaming and defending their turf. He says the tough medicine is needed now to prevent worse things to come.

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Another "Job Killer" Lie Exposed

Donald Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gray Davis, California, Politics News

You may think it's a way to help your spouse or aging parent recover from a devastating illness, but to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) California's Paid Family Leave (PFL) law, enacted in 2002, is a "job killer".

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The Jerry Brown Era Unfolds (Again)

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, Warren Beatty, Gray Davis, Nancy Pelosi, Los Angeles News

And he is off and running as governor of California. Again. The first week of Jerry Brown's governorship told us a lot, and set the stage for the second week, in which a hellacious state budget proposal is dominating.

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Darrell Issa's Ominous Past & Twitter Avatar: Top 10 reasons Issa is the perfect Obama watchdog

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota and Bayer, Issa Viper, Obama Most Corrupt, Arson Issa, Issa Gun, Issa Criminal, Rep. Darrell Issa, 9/11, Richest-Members-of-Congress, Gray Davis, Regulation, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Obama-Issa, California Congressman, Slidepollajax, Obama Adminsitration, Oversight Committee, Arson, Issa Avatar, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), Financial Regulation, Congressional Oversight Committee, California, Avatar, Issa Auto, Darrell Issa, The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA), FMC Corp., One of the Most Corrupt Presidents, The Association of American Railroads, 9/11 First Responders, The American Petroleum Institute, Obama Corruption Case, Duke Energy, Twitter Avatar, Issa Twitter, Republicans, Comedy News

Don't let Darrell Issa's verbal ineptitude or crime-ridden past fool you: The last person Obama wants investigating him is this cunning and savvy California congressman.

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From Governator to Moonbeam

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Governor's Race, Meg Whitman, California, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, Anne Gust Brown, Budget Cuts, Los Angeles News

It's the fate of Jerry Brown, the 34th and 39th governor of California, to succeed Republican movie stars as governor. Of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger is a much bigger movie star than Ronald Reagan ever dreamed of being.

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