Joe Mathews is a journalist, an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation, and a contributing writer at the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of The People's Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy and coauthor of the book California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix it.
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The Palin-Schwarzenegger Smackdown
Republicans have been stymied about what to do about Sarah Palin—until Arnold Schwarzenegger took a... MORE
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The GOP's Big Green Gamble
In California, ground zero for support of government’s role in saving the planet, Meg Whitman and... MORE
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Why Newsom Dropped Out
Gavin Newsom bailed on the California statehouse race for one reason: He knew he couldn’t beat the... MORE
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The Polanski Tax
California’s prison population is overflowing with old guys who no longer threaten society—like you... MORE
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Don't Do It, Ladies
The California GOP is pinning its hopes for revival on ex-CEOs Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman.... MORE
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Arnold's Debt to Eunice
Eunice Kennedy Shriver might be known for her famous relatives—and founding the Special... MORE
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Arnold's Next Role
Schwarzenegger biographer Joe Mathews says after the governor leaves office next year, he’ll be a... MORE
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California's Reefer Madness
The Golden State is flat broke, but all anybody there wants to talk about is legalizing and taxing... MORE
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Palin's Brilliant 2012 Play
Sarah Palin’s resignation shows she understands what governors like Bobby Jindal don’t, says The... MORE
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Mate the Press
Married L.A.... MORE
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Should Gays Ditch California?
By upholding its ban on same-sex marriage, California proved its dysfunctional stereotype.... MORE
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Arnold's Hollywood Problem
The governator spent his early years in California sounding like the Terminator and warning of... MORE
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Arnold Considered Party Switch
How bad did things get between Der Governator and his fellow Republicans?... MORE
