Posts Tagged: California State Library

Snark has been around for a while

Social media snark! Image by Brian A Jackson

by MATT REXROAD posted 09.15.2023

OPINION: It is comical to listen to people complain about the loss of reverence in the Legislature, how things were better once upon a time, and how things are so much worse now than they were “back when I was a staffer.”  People seem to think that political snark is something new and exciting. It is not. Snark has existed for a long time.

Barbara Boxer: An Oral History

by CARLA MARINUCCI posted 01.09.2023

Love her or hate her, former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer was one of the most influential and impactful politicians in California history. As such, when we sat down with her to conduct an oral history interview, we knew we needed someone as iconic as her to ask the questions. So we were thrilled to have the estimable Carla Marinucci of Politico do the honors.