Joe Mathews
Joe Mathews is the California editor of Zócalo Public Square, a not-for-profit daily Ideas Exchange that blends live events and humanities journalism. He is the author of The People’s Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger And the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy and coauthor of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It, books that established him as one of the premier translators of the state’s politics and policy. Previously, he was a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Baltimore Sun.
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A riddle. If you land at a big-city airport and there’s no train there, where are you?Answer: California.Yes, San Francisco, I know you’re the exception,…
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Are you a young person in an expensive coastal city who fears the California dream ended a few generations back? Do you see no end to your struggles with…
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Pssst. Wanna know a secret?I’m going to let you in on confidential marriage, an only-in-California concoction that is little known but deeply relevant to…
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To the distinguished California Public High School Class of 2013.I’m sorry James Franco canceled at the last minute. I’m even sorrier that you wound up…
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Last week, I watched a debate between Los Angeles mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel, and a clear winner emerged: Warren Olney, the…