George Skelton

It doesn’t matter what the politicians say, columnist George Skelton writes, they must not fully grasp the extent of the potential harm to homebound students or they’d have reopened classrooms long ago.

Home delivery of COVID-19 shots is a goal tucked into a contract awarded by the Newsom administration to Blue Shield of California

New state Senate GOP leader Scott Wilk of Santa Clarita is a throwback Republican lawmaker, the type needed by the party if it’s ever going to move forward and regain legislative relevancy.

Brown, Rollins don’t have much in common besides their friendship and criticism of former President Trump. Now they’re going into business together.

Un resultado negativo de la polarización política son las mentes cerradas que no están abiertas a los hechos y al pensamiento independiente. El ejemplo más reciente es el de tantos republicanos que se creen la mentira de Trump de que le “robaron” las elecciones mediante el fraude electoral.

One negative result of political polarization is closed minds that aren’t open to facts and independent thinking. The prime recent example is so many Republicans buying Trump’s lie that the election was “stolen” from him by voter fraud.

He’s likely to beat the recall attempt because Americans tend to vote with their parties. And Democrats outnumber Republicans in California.

There has only been one recall of a governor in California history — Democrat Gray Davis in 2003 — and it must still be frighteningly fresh in Newsom’s mind.

In the fight against COVID-19, Health secretary nominee Becerra says, “It’s my job to make sure every component of HHS is hitting on all cylinders.”

Why couldn’t some vaccinator from the government — or a healthcare provider it contracts with — knock on the door with a COVID-19 vaccine and stick it in our arms?