by jpitney | Jan 18, 2026 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Mike Johnson on Steny Hoyer’s retirement announcement: Voters hold the key to the future, of course. They can change the dynamics that have disabled representative democracy and restore the balance of power among the branches of government. But voters today lack...
by jpitney | Jan 17, 2026 | Foreign Policy, Military
Don Wolfensberger: Secretary of State Marco Rubio. ..was asked about the legal basis for the attack. He said it was the court ordered warrants for the arrests of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife on narco-terrorism charges. Rubio called the armed invasion “a law...
by jpitney | Jan 16, 2026 | California Politics, Dreier, Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Los Angeles
Sarah Scire at Nieman Lab: L.A. Reported believes “a smaller number of higher-quality, deeply reported, well-written stories” is exactly what the city needs, editor-in-chief and cofounder Scott Woolley said on Thursday. The publication plans to start with one “tightly...
by jpitney | Jan 15, 2026 | California Politics, Health, Homelessness
Ian Bradley at KTVU-TV: Berkeley city leadership issued a public health warning on Monday after animals in a homeless encampment tested positive for leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that can be fatal in dogs and humans. City staff discovered the disease was present...
by jpitney | Jan 14, 2026 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Los Angeles
James Rainey at LAT: L.A. Reported comes from another former Times opinion staffer, Karin Klein, and a Forbes journalist Scott Woolley. Starting this weekend, the founders intend to initially offer about one article per week. They will be “investigative pieces that...
