It may come as a surprise to many but according to many public documents, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican. Before someone goes suggesting this is some sort of public relations spin on ...

A day after Israel celebrated the 70 th anniversary of its founding, we can read that Syracuse University suspended an engineering fraternity for a “racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic” video. On that ...

As California continues to grapple with pension reform, it’s important to keep the record straight on how the state got into this mess. A major reason was the pension spiking of nearly 20 years ago, ...

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Jerry Brown, California’s 79-year-old governor, is as clear an example as you’d like to prove that yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks.

Although state law specifically prohibits public officials from using taxpayers’ money for political campaigning, they have been doing exactly that throughout California. Local governments hire ...

I’ll miss Joel Fox, who died Jan. 10 after a long battle with cancer. But California and its nearly 40 million residents will miss him more. Someone looking at Joel’s resume would instantly peg him as ...

A drive through the office parks of Silicon Valley may fool you into thinking California is a state with its eyes focused firmly on the future. But there’s nothing like a national report from a ...

I’ll miss Joel Fox, who died Jan. 10 after a long battle with cancer. But California and its nearly 40 million residents will miss him more. Someone looking at Joel’s resume would instantly peg him as ...

Assembly Bill 3120 is aimed at the wrong target. I’m for justice, not retribution. The bill by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego, would increase childhood ...

Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown released a forward-looking pension reform plan that will apply to current and future public employees, including state, local and school employees. His 12-point plan is ...

David Kersten is president of the Kersten Institute for Governance and Public Policy (www.kersteninstitute.org). Kersten is also an adjunct professor of public finance and economics at the University ...