It might have been necessary when the Terminator was saving John Connor’s ass from a rampaging big rig, but in the real world the combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger and a motorcycle is a bit less heroic. As you may have heard, Schwarzenegger was involved in an accident over the weekend, when he collided with a [...]

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has always been defined in terms that play on his former career as a movie star. He was the almighty Governator, sent to terminate his girly-men political opponents. He was Conan, swinging his sword at any who would stand in his way. That’s all fine and good, but after yesterday’s State [...]

Tuesday’s election in California provided a symmetrical bookend to Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s political career. In coming to power, Schwarzenegger displayed many of the negative qualities associated with celebrities: out-of-control ego, acting as if the normal rules didn’t apply, and hype not backed by substance. In the off-year recall election, Schwarzenegger ran a cult-of-personality campaign full of [...]

Congratulations to Jon Corzine and Tim Kaine on their wins in Dirty Jersey and Virginia is for Hustlas. We’re certainly happy for the residents of those two states, but that’s nothing compared to the satisfaction that comes from the beating Arnold Schwarzenegger caught from California voters on Tuesday. There is much to be done to [...]

In case you’ve been sleeping for a few weeks, today is election day. Though it’s an off year, there are still some big races on the boards. If you missed it last week, here is our voter guide for the California ballot initiatives. Last minute polling paints a somewhat muddy picture as can be expected [...]

Though we don’t quite deserve the ridicule we receive from the rest of the country, California is a troubled state. The structural problems created by Proposition 13 thirty years ago were aggravated by the Enron-created energy crisis and dot-com crash. In the hands of a competent leader, California might already be back on the road [...]

It’s possible that with his very busy schedule of trying to be the most conservative Republican in the Senate, John McCain didn’t realize that Arnold Schwarzenegger fakes everything. For example, having a San Jose street dug up so he could play pothole games. It is funny that McCain, whose actual voting record would make most [...]

…it was called “flip-flopping.” When Arnold Schwarzenegger does it, it’s called…: With an eye toward the Nov. 8 special election, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger delighted consumer advocates when he signed bills on Friday that put tough restrictions on two industries that have helped make him a multimillionaire: video games and dietary supplements. Conflicts of interest have [...]

“Don’t you see? The rest of the country looks upon us like we’re left-wing Communist Jewish homosexual pornographers. I think of us that way sometimes, and I live here.” Woody Allen was talking about New York City in that line from Annie Hall, but things have changed a lot since 1977. Swap Scientology and Kabbalah [...]