The top overall vote-getters for Governor yesterday were: Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown 1,478,752 Meg Whitman 1,101,528 Steve Poizner 461,823 So under the old rules, Brown and Whitman are their party’s nominees and will face off against each other in November.… Continue Reading
Last weekend, The Wife and I went out to our Friday night date. We went to a new restaurant in the area, one that advertises that its very name refers to its excellence. We, however, were underwhelmed, and in the… Continue Reading
My good woman, should you again find yourself at a four-way stoplight and desirous of turning to the street on your left, might I be so bold as to offer some advice about how you might accomplish this task in… Continue Reading
I really really want to like Rand Paul in Kentucky. I want to see him find a way to mediate basic libertarian ideas and appeals to social conservatives. But he isn’t doing it. Hopefully, the worst of his gaffefest is… Continue Reading
As a colleague put it to me yesterday, it’s amazing the amount of nothing that is happening in the world. It seems that there is a lot of fruitless effort to do something about the oil spill in the Gulf… Continue Reading
Speaking as a citizen of the state of California, I look up to the political leaders running the show in Sacramento, and wish, longingly and wistfully, for the comparative financial wisdom, fiscal restraint, and prudent monetary policies that are the… Continue Reading
So I’m appearing this morning in court here in Stinking Bakersfield. No one at all is in line for the security screen behind me. There are two security guards and a Kern County sheriff’s deputy. I put my case file,… Continue Reading
Taking an already-magnified situation* and escalating it, someone claims to be the thief who stole the now-notorious Mojave Cross and has gone so far as to issue demands regarding its return. He did so in the Desert Dispatch, a local… Continue Reading
Yes, I went to Las Vegas for a few days. And yes, the now-famous Mojave Cross is sort of near the I-15 on the road from L.A. to Vegas, a reasonably short drive from the Cima Road exit. And yes,… Continue Reading
It’s been quite a busy time in the real world, a place that I occupy much more often than the intellectually interesting but not-very-interactive land of Law And Policy Blogging. So before I get into some thoughts about immigration reform,… Continue Reading