Hillary Clinton’s health is a prominent topic in the news these days. Her supporters are fiercely defensive and malign anyone who questions the true status of her physical fitness. Hillary’s “medical event” at the 9/11 memorial service has caused a lot of commotion. Clinton allies have been steadfast...

Who doesn’t cherish firefighters? It doesn’t matter whether they are from your city, other cities, counties, wherever – we love our firefighters. Unfortunately, when politics and bureaucrats intersect and mingle, the team gets besmirched by the stench emitted from the malfeasant operators. Specifically,...

The University of California system’s chancellors are dropping like flies. UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi “resigned” last week, if you can call it that, and this week it’s UC Berkeley’s Nicholas Dirks. The resignations aren’t really resignations like the peons think of; the chancellors...

Schools needing money is an omnipresent topic, and the specific subject of college tuitions has been and is a focus of presidential candidates. On March 18, SCVNews published my commentary titled, “Where College Tuition Goes.” It’s still online to review, but one of the mentions was UC Davis Chancellor...

Last week Republicans held their flag-waving convention. This week it’s the Democrats’ turn to cheer their party on. Predictably, there was a lot of sneering critique over the speeches at the Republican convention, and there’s plenty of print and pundits to say so, but as the Democrats’ convention...

Many Americans celebrated the nation’s birthday earlier this week with spectacular cheering, flag waving and exuberant parades; most of all, with pride. It’s uplifting to see people energized. Older people, perhaps past the late 30s range, likely have a different view of the state of America today...

The battles rage. Republicans versus Democrats, conservatives versus liberals, right versus left and so on. There’s always something in the forefront to exchange blows over, whether it’s on Capitol Hill, on the opinion pages or on social media. Presently the hottest topics are radical Islamic terrorism...

President Obama revealed more in his June 14 address to the nation than he intended. One thing is assured: Obama is incapable of ceding PC to embrace America first. He began his speech by claiming the meeting he had just attended with the National Security Council was planned ahead of the Orlando attack...

Bernie Sanders, a self-described socialist, has a significant fan base called the millennials – the 1980s- and 1990s-born Generation Y. Many of them say they are pro-socialism. The problem is the millennials don’t know what socialism is. The few who are confronted and asked are stunted for an...

The Miriam-Webster Dictionary defines “entitlement” as 1) the condition of having a right to have or get something; 2) the feeling or belief that you deserve to be given something (such as special privileges); and 3) a type of financial help provided by the government for members of a particular...