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Central Figure in Varsity Blues College Scandal Is Prolific Political Donor

March 14, 2019 5:56 amMarch 18, 2019 7:59 am

William McGlashan, a central figure in the “Varsity Blues” scandal in which wealthy parents bribed coaches and test proctors to aid their children in getting into elite universities, was a prolific donor to Democratic and California political causes. McGlashan, the...

Stanford Hoover Institution economist targets socialism, fears ‘we may not make it’

March 12, 2019 8:30 amMarch 12, 2019 8:31 am

From his base at California’s Stanford University Hoover Institution, Thomas Sowell authored a series of thoughtful books, wrote a nationally syndicated column, and often appeared on television. In a 2016 column headlined “Farewell,” the 86-year-old economist pledged to “spend less...

Kamala Harris Bags a String of Early Endorsers

February 19, 2019 6:15 amFebruary 19, 2019 11:32 am

California Senator Kamala Harris received endorsements for her presidential bid late last week from Governor Gavin Newsom and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), a former Congressional Black Caucus chair. Will these high-profile nods actually do her any good among primary voters?...

Barbara Boxer Says Trump Is Cruising For a Bruising on Wall

February 18, 2019 6:30 amFebruary 25, 2021 11:36 am

The overwhelming majority of Donald Trump critics are, regardless of their particular ideological orientation, utterly humorless. But Barbara Boxer, the liberal former California senator, was refreshingly mirthful when talking about the President on MSNBC Wednesday night with host Chris Hayes....

WaPo Busts Kamala Harris for Misrepresenting Trump Tax Cuts

February 15, 2019 8:43 amFebruary 15, 2019 8:50 am

California Senator Kamala Harris has received lustrous press coverage since announcing her presidential bid last month. But yesterday the Washington Post fact-checker zinged her for a mendacious tweet claiming the 2017 Trump tax cuts actually raised taxes on the middle...

Kamala Harris Calls for Legalization of Marijuana After Opposing as DA

February 13, 2019 9:23 amFebruary 13, 2019 12:28 pm

California Senator Kamala Harris yesterday again called for the legalization of marijuana and revealed that she has smoked the stuff herself. Harris hasn’t always been a fan of making pot legal. It’s worth wondering whether her relatively newfound enthusiasm is...

Kamala Harris Issues a Prebuke to Trump SOTU

February 6, 2019 6:34 pmFebruary 7, 2019 2:12 pm

California Senator Kamala Harris, the possibly front-running Democratic presidential contender, attacked Donald Trump for his State of the Union address Tuesday night about an hour before he even gave it. Apparently, Harris just assumed she knew whatever Trump said would...