Gonzalez Pens Open Letter to Pelosi
As Speaker of the House, and representative of California's 8th Congressional District, you have failed to offer a satisfactory explanation for many of the political choices you have made. Even…
Courage to Vote “Nay” on Iraq War Resolution
Senator Boxer's vote was prescient because it was ultimately established that the Bush administration had intentionally built a case for war with Iraq without regard to factual evidence. No weapons…
End California’s Budget Madness:
Yes on Proposition 25
Why do we have an annual budget crisis? Primarily because California is one of only three states – Arkansas and Rhode Island are the others – to require a supermajority…
The Curious Case that is Prop 23
But as is so often the case, common sense for the public’s interest is shoved aside by special interests who have a financial stake in the passage of Prop 23.…
District 6 Makes My Heart Pound
If we were going to run two of the most viable progressive women in the whole city in the same district against each other it was important to me that…
U.S. Hypocrisy of Sanctions on Iranian Officials
According to Iranian opposition activists, detainees were tortured and raped while imprisoned. Iranian officials denied the charges. Whether the charges are true or not, what right does the United States,…
John Steinbeck, Michael Moore,
and the Burgeoning Role of Planetary Patriotism
As true patriots they have been willing, and morally well braced to endure, not only rank and file criticism, but also broad disdain, public ridicule, numerous slanders of every hue,…