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Silicon Valley’s Congressional Race: Three’s a Crowd, Maybe

To the adage that every vote counts (or is it “Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades”?), the good people of Rainier, Washington, last...

Bill Whalen

Imagine the following scenario: You are a commercial developer. It is noon on a Sunday, and you are reviewing your bid for a major project before...

High-Speed Rail and Other Fails: Plenty of Blame to Go Around

Pursuant to the Hollywood myth that celebrities die in threes—when one entertainer passes on, two more tend to follow—let’s look at three...

Last month, California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office, or LAO, which is the nonpartisan state department that advises California’s policymakers...