Aside from high taxes, corrupt politicians and bloated government, California isn’t much of a leader anymore. On the other hand, in California the people wield power in the judicial process, a system worth considering at the federal level.

It’s easy to dismiss America’s Left Coast as left out in this presidential election. That’s particularly true of the biggest prize of all: California.

I was once told that only 3-percent of newspaper readers read editorials. I suspect that figure is low, but when I mentioned this to a Los Angeles Times editorial writer yesterday he responded: “It depends who the three percent are.” True enough. 

Hoover Institution fellows Tammy Frisby and Bill Whalen discuss the 2016 presidential election as well as the latest Golden State Poll.