Citizenville

Thirty-two years ago, Ronald Reagan, in his first Inaugural, said that government was not the solution, but the problem. Since then, we have been on a sustained path to tear down or discredit government.

Today, in 21st century America, in an era of social networks, global interconnectedness, instant information and rapid change, can the tools of the day do anything to transform our cynicism about government in a way that serves people, improves public policy and perhaps finally transforms the terms of debate on the role of government.

California’s Lt. Governor and former two term Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom thinks so and he lays out his case in Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government

 My conversation with Gavin Newsom:

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California Nightmare

Previously we talked to California's preeminent historian, Kevin Starr about the '50s and the golden age of abundance in California. Today we have a state whose economy is in shambles, and yet there are politicians who still want to be the Governor of California. It's a little like asking to captain the Titanic? New York Times Washington Correspondent Mark Leibovich, in his NY Times Magazine cover story last week, looks at Newsom, Brown, Campbell, Whitman and Poizner and their quest to replace Arnold.

My conversation with Mark Leibovich:

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