Sacramento Puritanism is a weird thing, in that its modern-day adherents don’t seem to rely on any consistent principle beyond…
Sacramento Sen. Jerry Hill, who authored a bill that would ban flavored-tobacco products across the state, once declared that he…
Sacramento The COVID-19 lockdowns are so yesterday now that U.S. cities have been overrun by rioters and looters, few of whom seem…
Sacramento In the Norwegian Netflix series “Occupied,” Russia slowly takes over the Scandinavian nation after its prime minister declares his…
Some politicians want to ban vapes, water vapor products that millions of Americans now use instead of smoking combustible cigarettes….
Sacramento After news broke about a serious and sometimes deadly outbreak of vaping-related illnesses, my colleagues who work in the…
There’s a concept in business called the “decoy effect,” whereby crafty marketers present an unfavorable option to manipulate consumers toward…
Underage drinking remains a nationwide problem, but there’s one approach that policymakers never consider: banning the sale of most types…
Sacramento San Francisco politicians and civic leaders love to think of themselves as cutting-edge free spirits who are so much…