Richard Riehl

Richard Riehl

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Richard Riehl is a freelance writer whose biweekly column, The Riehl World, appears in San Diego’s North County Times, a regional newspaper with a daily circulation of 95,000. He began his writing career following thirty years as a university administrator. He is currently co-editor of RoadKill, a daily feature of the Huffington Post's OffTheBus.

He first became interested in politics in high school when he was appointed chairman of the local Youth For Kennedy campaign.

He lives in Carlsbad, California with his novelist and children’s playwright wife Karen and their eleven-year-old toy poodle Olivia.

Blog Entries by Richard Riehl

Golden State Superdelegate: 'Superdelegates Are Not Going To Make Deals'

Posted February 29, 2008 | 02:06 PM (EST)

Martin Kasindorf, Trudi Loh, John Tomasic, and Alison Mcgee contributed reporting to this article.

Who are the California superdelegates and what are they thinking? Of the 66 unpledged delegates, thirty-six comprise the state's Congressional delegation. The remaining thirty are Democratic National Committee members, appointed or elected because of their...

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28-Year-Old Superdelegate Hopes To Reach Youth Beyond Colleges

2 Comments | Posted February 22, 2008 | 02:37 PM (EST)

If you think of superdelegates as old cronies, horse trading their votes in backroom deals, you haven't met 28-year-old Democratic National Committee member Crystal Strait. The past president of the California Young Democrats was elected last July to represent the Young Democrats of America on the DNC. She's...

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Reflections on a Wildfire Disaster

6 Comments | Posted October 24, 2007 | 01:29 PM (EST)

My wife Karen and I live with our 12-year-old toy poodle in Carlsbad, California. We were among the more than half a million San Diego County residents (about one in six of the total population) who were evacuated to escape the wildfires that raked the region beginning last Monday. We...

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