March 11, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Most of the activists, insiders and lobbyists I talked to during this month's California Republican Party convention in Sacramento expressed optimism about their party despite blistering election losses and persistently falling voter registration...

March 4, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- As the cliché goes, elections have consequences. And the Nov. 6 election results have had dramatic consequences in California. The debate over immigration -- legal and otherwise, but, especially, otherwise -- is over. Even some Republicans are...

Feb. 24, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decisions regarding police powers were mixed, thus offering a reminder to civil libertarians that they cannot depend upon the high court to protect the public from unwarranted government intrusions. "The U.S. Sup...

Feb. 17, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Police typically say that their paramount mission is to protect public safety. But the recently concluded manhunt for former Los Angeles Police Department officer Christopher Dorner, accused of murdering four people after releasing a manifesto dec...

Feb. 11, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Although many of California's legislative Democrats are eager to "test drive" the new two-thirds majorities their caucuses hold in the Assembly and Senate -- i.e., pushing the limits of their power to advance their progressive agenda -- others are...