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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Tobacco Tax: Good Idea, Bad Execution
California’s Proposition 29 authorizing a tax on cigarettes failed because voters are wary of... MORE
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Jerry Brown, Beggar
California’s fiscal crisis is mushrooming, and Governor Moonbeam seems powerless to stop it.... MORE
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Jerry Brown’s Budget Disaster
California’s governor was supposed to join left and right and get his state’s budget under control.... MORE
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Jerry Brown's Zen Budget Strategy
While governors from Wisconsin to New York battle the unions over budgets, California’s Jerry Brown... MORE
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Arnold, Out Like a Lion
California's governor leaves office January 3, but he isn’t going quietly.... MORE
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Californa's Most Powerful Woman
Forget Fiorina and Whitman.... MORE
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Arnold Swats Whitman
Schwarzenegger pressured Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown to join him for an event last night she should... MORE
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Bubba vs. Moonbeam
Jerry Brown narrowly leads in the race for California’s statehouse.... MORE
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The Most Scandalous State
The ethics charges against Maxine Waters prove California has the worst congressional delegation in... MORE
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Palin's California Rescue
Carly Fiorina is a near lock in today’s Republican Senate primary—and she can thank Sarah Palin for... MORE
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A Governor's Private Letters
With Brown expected to win California's biggest democratic prize Tuesday, Joe Mathews gets a look... MORE
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Arnold's Third Term
Jerry Brown launched his bid to become California’s next governor with a twist: his campaign sounds... MORE
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Meg Whitman's Brilliant Hiding Game
The eBay exec-turned-GOP candidate is under fire from all sides for refusing to debate her... MORE
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How Obama Lost Arnold
In an exclusive interview, Gov.... MORE
