What’s up for California Given California remained solidly Democratic in the election and is a comparative bastion of liberalism, I expect Republican oppo-research will do whatever they can to get Gray Davis on campaign finance corruption. Not that this will be difficult. Green candidate…

Wellstone Memorial Service Hurt Democrats. Many Republicans were genuinely outraged by what they saw as grotesque politicing at the Wellstone memorial. And Minnesota Republicans turned out to vote in much higher numbers than the national averages because of this. Time examines…

Smart police work Street racing was killing people in San Diego. Now it’s not. Why? Because police simultaneously provided street racers a legal place to race once a month at a race track while cracking down hard on racers still on the streets. The…

Reagan cabinet member says don’t invade Iraq A former Cabinet member under former President Ronald Reagan told military officers Thursday in Monterey that the United States should not invade Iraq. Former Secretary of the Navy James Webb said the country…

U.S. embassy guard murdered in Nepal A security officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has been shot dead by unidentified assailants in what police said appears to be a deliberate escalation of violence by Maoist rebels

A peacenik day The peace movement is building. This afternoon I went to a peace vigil in LA, beginning at the federal building in Westwood, then a candlelight walk to a Methodist church for a short rally.  Several hundred people were…

Hamas refuses to halt suicide attacks in Israel.  Hamas leaders reaffirmed Sunday their strong opposition to the suspension of suicide bombings inside Israel and said the goal of talks with Fatah officials in Cairo was to unite the Palestinians in…

The continuing Brit soap opera gets bizarre Palace braced for new scandal. The Monarchy is braced for further damaging revelations, after a former Royal worker who yesterday publicly accused a member of the Prince of Wales staff of raping him passed to…

UK expects Iraq to fail arms tests Government prepares for war on growing assumption Saddam Hussein will fail to disclose his full weapons armoury.

Linux in the Extremadura region of Spain. In April, the government launched an unorthodox campaign to convert all the area’s computer systems, in government offices, businesses and homes, from the Windows operating system to Linux, a free alternative. ” See…