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Political snippets: Drawing political wisdom from the ages

Crikey / Richard Farmer / Thursday, 21 May 2009

Richard Farmer muses on Chinese poetry, budget deficits and the Daily Tele whistling a familiar tune.

Don’t bail-out California

The Atlantic / Thursday, 21 May 2009

California is completely, totally, irreparably hosed, says Megan McArdle. It will go bankrupt — and we should let it happen.

The most interesting person in American politics?

Weekly Standard / Monday, 18 May 2009

Meg Whitman is potentially a formidable Republican leader at the national level. At age 52 and a year after stepping down as CEO of eBay, she’s running for governor of California.

California, the ungovernable state

Economist / Monday, 18 May 2009

California’s current constitution rivals India’s and Alabama’s for being the longest and most convoluted in the world. Some are arguing the state must start over from scratch.

Drought in California means shaved heads

Bloomberg / Thursday, 7 May 2009

The drought in California’s Central Valley is so severe that it’s drying up money for haircuts.

Sacramento, California: phone calls and cardboard cut outs

Crikey / Monday, 3 November 2008

The Republican campaigns we visited were noticeably more subdued, but that’s hardly surprising in a state where the Democrats have held the majority in the state legislature for years, writes Ebony Bennett.