The 2018 midterm elections were not kind to California Republicans. They lost numerous House seats, every statewide office and fell below one third in both the state Assembly and the Senate. So questions are naturally arising

The 2018 Midterms are in the books. Control fo the House went to the Democrats and Republicans gained Senate seats. Here is my explanation why. The 2018 Midterms: Why The House Moved Left and the Senate Moved Right Tom

The U.S. Senate The Midterms are almost here. Who will control the House is still too close to call. That likely is not the case for the U.S. Senate. Currently, the Senate is comprised of 51 Republicans,

The House of Representatives is in play and California could be where the final battle is fought. Read why in Thomas Del Beccaro's latest in the Epoch Times: Is California Key to Democrats’ Hope to Take the

My latest in the Washington Examiner . . . In politics, you fight over what matters. The more something matters, the bigger the fight. Since President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s, the Supreme Court has mattered

On Kavanaugh and What Republicans should do before the Midterms 1. Why Kavanaugh not Gorsuch? Gorsuch replaced the conservative Scalia. When the conservative Judge Clarence Thomas was proposed to replace the liberal Thurgood Marshall, there was an

PV's Exclusive Newsmaker Interview: Konstantinos Roditis Question No. 1. Why are you running for Controller? Konstantinos Roditis: I’m running for Controller because the Controller is supposed to be the Chief Taxpayer Watchdog for the state. Unfortunately, the

The epic Kavanaugh hearing is in the books.  The Judiciary Committee may never be the same. Here is my assessment of the meeting: A. The Facts: The only person to add material facts was Kavanaugh. Ford did

Long ago, our forerunners relied on a council of elders to decide matters of the group. Over the millennia, as we passed from groups to nations and laws began to replace customs as the glue

The higher the stakes,  the greater the division. That is a law of history.  America was never so divided than over our Revolution and the Civil War. Short of war, we were never so divided as over