On May 14, The New York Times published a moving essay by Angelina Jolie in which the actor revealed she had undergone a double mastectomy -- even though she did not have breast cancer.  

This time of year, as college students return home for the summer, many parents may notice how many politically correct ideas they have acquired on campus.  

Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolph says: "Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be resolved before we turn to the merits of the case.  

At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man. After all, the then-governor of Illinois was later imprisoned on corruption charges.  

Dynamics have shifted dramatically in California's Capitol since Gov. Jerry Brown returned two years ago -- both fiscal and political dynamics. The two are intertwined.  

On May 14, The New York Times published a moving essay by Angelina Jolie in which the actor revealed she had undergone a double mastectomy -- even though she did not have breast cancer.  

Congressman Jim Costa is at it again, doing everything he can to drain the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta and send the water south to the megafarms of his agribusiness cronies in the western San Joaquin Valley.  

"Go west young man, go west." These words by author Horace Greeley in the mid-1800s helped spur the American westward movement that ultimately created the State of California.  

City budgets are most often a messy space where math collides with what the community and others with a stake in the budget want. As a councilmember, it took me a while to get a grasp on the budget process, and as I was doing so I listened to many a report on the impact of the economic downturn  

It's budget season in Piedmont, which in my experience is one of the best-kept secrets in town. Maybe it's the distraction of the ending school year, our blossoming parks or ventures out of town, but residents just don't seem too interested in this annual rite.  

One of the most important functions the Legislature is to update laws that will ensure protection for all Californians. The time has come to do just that with the Car Buyers Bill of Rights.  

University of California Berkeley Professor Dacher Keltner, an expert in social psychology and well-known author, discusses how kids could react to the recent Boston Marathon bombings.  

University of California Berkeley Professor Dacher Keltner, director of the Greater Good Science Center and author of "Born to be Good" and other related books, talks to the Bay Area News Group about how people cope in the post-9/11 era.  

Center for Catastrophic Risk Management Founder Karlene Roberts has studied how errors have led to some of the largest disasters among major projects. She expresses her concerns about the Bay Bridge eastern span project, which is targeting Labor Day 2013 for completion despite the presence of  

Medical cannabis advocate and Harborside Health Center (Oakland, Calif.) Director Steve DeAngelo believes the California Supreme Court's vote to allow cities and counties to ban dispensaries forces patients into the black market for marijuana.  

Harborside Health Center (Oakland, Calif.) cannabis dispensary director Steve DeAngelo sees "no good reason" why marijuana should continue to be illegal to possess.  

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