To Right-Size California Government, Empower the Regions
You hear all the time that California is the world’s eighth largest economy. You rarely hear that, if the state were a country, it would be the 35th largest in the world. The latter statistic deserves more attention. The 34 countries larger than California govern themselves through some form of federal system, with power shared […]
Putting Water Wars at Rest…and All Californians Win!
Many of us remember the renowned film Chinatown, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, which was based in part on real events that fostered water wars when William Mulholland acted on behalf of Los Angeles interests to secure water rights in Northern California. The main character in the film is L.A. Detective Jake Gittes who […]
Back to the Drawing Board
“Jessep: You want answers? Kaffee (Tom Cruise): I think I’m entitled to them. Jessep: You want answers? Kaffee: I want the truth! Jessep: You can’t handle the truth!” A Few Good Men written by Aaron Sorkin ———————- We returned from Thanksgiving to the blockbuster news that highly respected Federal Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the […]
The Autism Job Club
On Saturday morning, November 19, a group of 40 of us gathered in a small classroom at the City College Campus in downtown San Francisco. This was the formation of the AASCEND Job Club, a Job Club for adults on the autistic spectrum. Earlier this year, an F&H posting on California autism activist Dr. Lou […]