PART ONE: The rising costs of public education have entered the limelight during a summer marred by student fee increases ““ but the looming threat for Californians is that thousands may be barred outright from accessing a college education. Read more...

Recall not just about Davis The Aug. 11 editorial claiming the recall election in California focuses attention away from the real issues makes some interesting observations but misses the real point. Read more...

Get rid of the Hollywood one-liners and the meaningless proclamations ““ it’s time for every candidate vying to be governor of California to explain how he or she would run the largest state in the country. Read more...

Raghuram Rajan, a world-renowned economist and professor, gave a lecture at The Anderson School at UCLA last week, making it known he thought capitalism was the economic system most able to improve financial markets and economies around the world. Read more...

The multi-billion dollar computer giant Microsoft Co. plans to appeal a federal jury’s decision that awarded the University of California and software firm Eolas Technologies Inc. Read more...

A judge struck down this past week an effort by students that would have prevented them from paying increased fees while they settled a lawsuit against the University of California. Read more...