A reader of this column asked me this: “Why don’t you ‘dig into’ more local issues rather than bashing Donald Trump?” A good question. For almost a century, observers have adhered to the notion that ...

California is about to test whether two timeworn political maxims still ring true in 2025. The first is the tried-and-true “All politics is local,” a phrase dating as far back as 1932 and most closely ...

Voters in western Washington are casting ballots in four legislative races that could reveal whether the electorate wants to change the direction the state is going. But another factor might be more ...

The phrase “all politics is local” may be the closest thing we have to sacred scripture in American politics — a phrase so widely accepted and unquestioned that to challenge it borders on political ...

American politics is broken, but not in the way most people think. The problem isn't just the money – it's where the money comes from. Since Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" in 1994, we've ...