IMAGINE for a moment that you're the mayor of Oakland and that you've discovered that the city administrator has been accused of involving herself in an ongoing police investigation that centered on one of her relatives.  

There are times when the Supreme Court is challenged not only to offer a legal ruling, but such rulings may require the court's moral force. That was the case when the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to overturn the de jure segregation of Plessy v.  

BACK IN FEBRUARY, during the California primary, I received a phone call from an irate friend. With his decibel level far exceeding what reasonable persons would view as acceptable for a constructive phone conversation, he demanded that I immediately turn to C-SPAN — the cable-sponsored  

FOR ALL the attention that 1968 justifiably has garnered this year, let us also remember the acrimony and upheaval that existed in 1963.It was 45 years ago that the door officially closed on any notions that we lived in an Ozzie-and-Harriet society.  

THIS HAS TURNED out to be quite the year for anniversaries and commemorations. In addition to June 6 being the 40th anniversary of Bobby Kennedy's death, it also marked the 30th anniversary since California voters passed Proposition 13.  

CALIFORNIA GAY COUPLES officially can set a date to be married. Unlike 2004, when more than 3,000 couples engaged in an act of civil disobedience by exchanging vows at City Hall in San Francisco, they will have the law on their side.  

WITH THE Democratic primary season finally coming to an official close, I suspect myriad emotions are at work. Disappointment, elation, anger, joy, resentment and ecstasy are among the feelings experienced by Clinton and Obama supporters.  

Former White House press secretary, Scott McClellan became a dominant subject in this past week's political conversations with his tell all memoir, "What Happened.