The best weapon journalists have against questionable politics is good, thoughtful journalism. But such an arrow is once again missing...

The Washington Post has the most memorable and consequential motto in journalism: “Democracy dies in darkness.” Adopted in 2017, the...

The 2022 primary season has quickly turned into a losing referendum on the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board. Two weeks ago, three major GOP...

When a top Congressional candidate refuses a newspaper’s invitation to sit for an endorsement interview, that often says a bit about the...

Many items in the following midterm election roundup remind me of a 1990s quote from former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. When asked...

A major story involving the largest public employee union in California continues to unwind like a soap opera – though a soap opera with...

Foremost, 2021 will be remembered as the second year of the Covid-19 Pandemic, but it was also an extremely busy year in politics –...

“Long-time” readers of the Sacto Politico (we are just 14 months old) know my brand of media criticism can seem sharpest toward the...

With this issue, the SactoPolitico.com marks its first full year of publishing. Coincidentally, that’s the paper anniversary, which is...

The Sacramento Bee editorial board is no stranger to trafficking in sophomoric insult. In recent years, it has called targets “dimwits”...

Many thanks to the Sacramento News & Review (SNR) last week running most of my OpEd about inflammatory local rhetoric that blemished the...

In a roundabout way, the Sacramento Bee’s recent announcement of the imminent departure of its president and editor, Lauren Gustus,...

A 1,500-word story represents quite a dedication of time and effort, but it’s ultimately Sacramento readers who were the most shortchanged.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Aug. 1 on the steps of the California’s state capitol, the state GOP-endorsed Congressional candidate Buzz Patterson...