California: Matt Welch

July 7, 2009 - 02:55 pm

Spectacular piece by Matt Welch dissecting the arrogance of California's political/media establishment

In the just-out August/September issue of Reason magazine, editor Matt Welch, a former member of the L.A. Times' editorial board, offers the best overview yet of the arrogance of California' political and media establishment. He details the establishment's support for...

June 2, 2009 - 07:46 pm

Hypocritical L.A. Times edit board gets the takedown it deserves

Yet another spectacular piece from Reason's Matt Welch annihilating the California media establishment's coverage of the special election and its blame-the-voters approach to the budget debacle: On May 20, the day after voters repudiated California's entire political class by trouncing...

June 1, 2009 - 02:44 pm

The lunacy of the process argument: Two-thirds obstacle hasn't kept state from having really high taxes

Reason magazine editor Matt Welch is bringing some welcome heavy artillery to the fight against the California media-political establishment's appallingly slanted coverage of the state budget debacle: Instead of making the positive case for big government, or at least beginning...