Strict voter proposals have us searching for our true ID

When Kathy Magnuson was young, she signed her Social Security card with pride, if not precision, by her maiden name: “Kathy A. Brown.” She got married in 1963 and...

Gavin Newsom is a lot more complicated than you think

One thing you can say for California Gov. Gavin Newsom: He's not afraid to tick people off. In 2004, as mayor of San Francisco, he defied the law and...

Polanski and Mamdani have put the ‘rizz’ back into politics

I wasn’t on the finest form on Thursday. The return of the Never-Ending British Grey after Wednesday’s briefest dip into spring had sent me into a porridgy slump. But...

Make no mistake, Trump has put the Clintons on trial

It is 25 years since there was a Clinton in the White House, yet the diehard Democrat power couple still have a habit of ending up in the headlines....

Long journey

Why the TV industry keeps falling in love with Kennedys

He was “America’s Prince”. She was the States’ answer to Diana, a strikingly beautiful style icon in the making who would complete the fairytale, until that fantasy metamorphosised into...

By book

Jesse Jackson was an inspirational figure for many

There is always a pioneer. In American politics in the last decades of the 20th century, Jesse Jackson, preacher, civil right leader and lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr,...

Billionaire who wants to be California governor

Tom Steyer must solve this dilemma: How does he convince financially struggling Californians they can trust a billionaire to be their governor? Because, after all, the former hedge fund...

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