Robert Price
Robert Price: The shine on your shoes reflects the economy
When they size up the condition of the national economy, experts look at a number of things — manufacturers' inventories, durable goods, home construction activity. That sort of thing.
Robert Price: They feasted while the economy smoldered
It's Thanksgiving week, and J.C. Penney has a message for us all: Relax, everything will be fine.
Robert Price: One day classes may be standing-room only
My 12-year-old gave his oral language presentation at school one morning last week — a cautiously edited excerpt from David Sedaris' "SantaLand Diaries."
Robert Price: Voting's over, so may we have these words back?
Now that the election is over, I want these words back. Partisan warriors shouldn't need them anymore, and they're perfectly useful, neutral terms. Soon a new set of innocent words will be vilified or redefined as battle lines form for 2010.
Robert Price: How can anybody out there still be undecided?
Time's up. Pick somebody. You've had almost two years to hear the candidates talk, almost two years to compare their positions, their credentials, their plans.
Robert Price: Who is Joe the Halloween costume voting for?
You know what all of this talk about Joe the plumber means, don't you? It means someone is virtually certain to show up at your door Friday night with a treat-or-treat bag, a plunger, a latex bald cap and visible buttocks cleavage.
Robert Price: Here's our recipe for election-year sausage
For editorial writers, the six weeks prior to a major election represents the endorsement interview season. In keeping with longstanding tradition here at The Californian, we bring in rival candidates and advocates for competing stances on the state propositions, and we sit them down, side by side, for 45 minutes or so.
Robert Price: Suddenly, little comfort in being 'middle class'
I got a good laugh out of an e-mail a couple of weeks ago. It was one of those "forwards" that may have reached your inbox, too:
Robert Price: Lights, camera, vote — Davies helping us choose
For Rory Davies, democracy these days is all about mic checks and camera angles, nuanced lighting and Secret Service sweeps, bus rides and hotel food. She's living a Super Bowl on wheels, with each quarter played in a different college town. But the stakes are substantially bigger than glittering trophies, bragging rights or ad dollars.
Tempest in a Teapot
Stop me if you've heard this one before. Oil company executives ply an influential Interior Department official with gifts and favors, allegedly receiving financial considerations in return. There is at least one clandestine hotel-room rendezvous, complimentary tickets to a big football game and widespread Congressional outrage.
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