The job description of prognosticator is pretty straight forward, requiring just a single skill: To predict, correctly. So what does it...

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...

In the last week, a bit of digital ink was spilled about how registered voter turnout for California’s primaries this week would be far...

Justin Ha is a 17-year-old news editor for the Granite Bay High School newspaper in Placer County, Calif. In February, he became the only...

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

Maintaining a healthy democracy is like maintaining a healthy body. Regular attention and checkups are required. Fortunately, each...

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

Most frontrunning incumbents avoid debate stages. Especially in crowded primary fields, debates pose too much risk of wall-to-wall...

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

A personal saying of mine is “If you must exaggerate to prove a point, others may think your point is exaggerated too.” It’s a reminder...

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...

Every election provides sort of an MRI snapshot of the health of the democratic process. Take California’s recent recall election. This...

Following the landslide defeat of the $276 million recall, a prominent storyline has been how many state Republicans were in threadbare...

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

This the third time I’ve written a “Why we published” editorial in the Sacto Politico’s first year of existence. Each time, the occasion...

This article was updated at 10:20 a.m. PT based on new information. See editor’s notes. When political candidates take debate questions...

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

Over the last four California Recall Debates – including last night’s – the potential replacement candidates have answered dozens of...