By Ginger Rutland -
Published: 12:00 am
In "With Malice Toward None," the Lincoln exhibit currently at the California Museum, a glass case on display contains the contents of the 16th president's pockets the night he was assassinated – a $5 Confederate bill, a pocket knife, a watch fob, a button, a glass case and two pairs of spectacles. One pair has a broken hinge that the president had crudely repaired himself using a piece of twine. I loved that last detail. It speaks volumes about the humbleness of this greatest of all American presidents, the one who saved the union and abolished slavery.
Fireworks, independent politics, firefighters, deputies, etc.
By Rich Lowry -
Published: 12:00 am
As a nation, we were extraordinarily blessed in our revolutionaries. It wasn't just that they were brave and determined. So were the avatars of revolution throughout the 20th century who wrecked nations and peoples.
By Steve Poizner -
Published: 12:00 am
Whatever you may think of our dysfunctional Legislature, the truth is that it's probably worse than you imagine. What it did to Assembly Bill 601 is Exhibit A. While the Legislature grudges state programs every penny these days, it has refused to let me reduce a fee that is too high. It's a tiny amount – 10 cents on every auto insurance policy – but it's money the Department of Insurance doesn't need right now, and I thought it was good policy to ask for the reduction. But the Legislature insists that motorists be overcharged.
Published: Friday, July 3 2009 - 12:00 am
Sometimes bad laws have a way of coming back to bite the people most responsible for enacting them. That's the case with state Sen. George Runner, the principal sponsor of Proposition 83, the 2006 initiative popularly known as Jessica's Law, which voters approved overwhelmingly.
Published: Friday, July 3 2009 - 12:00 am
Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness says he will have to lay off 209 deputies if the county cuts $57 million from his budget as proposed. He paints a scary picture of a force sized for 1970 trying to serve 2009 population and crime levels.
By Margaret A. Bengs -
Published: Friday, July 3 2009 - 12:00 am
If you're a teen in California, want to know about your "right to privacy" and "reproductive health care"? Do you need your parents' permission to get birth control pills? Can you get a pregnancy test without your parents knowing?
