Daily Show Had Fun with CA Initiatives, Regardless of Facts

The Daily Show had fun with California direct democracy Monday, claiming it is the source of the problem that ails California. See the full clip here. But along the way, reporter John Oliver didn’t let facts get in the way of telling his story. Okay, I get that the Daily Show was using our direct […]

Who Said Life Would be Easy?

Enough already with this Occupy Wall Street nonsense. Don’t get me wrong, every month I write that check for my underwater mortgage, pay the car insurance and deal with other necessities, I dream up a million other ways on how to spend that money.  While I might not like writing those checks, I sure do […]

The Phony Populism of Former Labor Secretary Reich

In recent weeks, former United States Labor Secretary and current UC Berkeley Professor Robert Reich has rushed around California, seeking media coverage as he urged on the participants at Occupy Los Angeles and Occupy Oakland.  He has done so, even while it is clear that in Oakland particularly the nearby businesses were being hurt and […]