Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered Orange County beaches closed. Images of large crowds Saturday and Sunday on the strand in Newport Beach – estimated at 80,000 people – prompted the action, […]
Newsom orders OC beaches closed
Stimulus/rescue bill passes Congress
UPDATE: President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus/rescue package passed by Congress, clearing the House of Representatives on a voice vote. Also on Friday, he invoked […]
Trump is acquitted in impeachment trial
Three days of arguably unprecedented political drama concluded Wednesday with the acquittal by the U.S. Senate of impeachment charges brought against President Donald Trump. The vote was almost on strict party lines. […]
Lowry: McConnell is master of Senate
Every hostile nickname that Mitch McConnell gets is further confirmation of his effectiveness. The latest is “Midnight Mitch,” a reaction to his resolution setting out the road map for the Senate impeachment […]
Why does Trump love the “victim” role?
President Donald Trump’s impeachment letter to Nancy Pelosi is nothing if not sincere. The missive establishes, if there were any doubt, that Trump hates impeachment with a passion, and he expresses his […]
House votes to impeach President Trump
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump. It approved two counts alleging that the president abused his power. Dividing almost completely on party lines, the House […]
Does Trump put 2020 election at risk?
The Democrats believe that the 2020 election is too important to be left to the voters. It’s obvious that President Donald Trump withheld defense aid to Ukraine to pressure its president to […]
Impeachment efforts looking incomplete
Nancy Pelosi said she undertook impeachment “prayerfully,” and apparently what she was praying was that she could get it over with as soon as possible. The House is preparing to send a […]
Is America not ready for democracy?
In his “Gettysburg Address,” Abraham Lincoln described a “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” The problem for any democracy is that those people can make a mistake – […]
Franken: It’s the foolishness of mortals
Latin is supposedly a “dead language,” meaning no one speaks it as their native tongue. Except attorneys, of course, who use it to make law indecipherable so that they can charge exorbitant […]
