In Losing, Lugar Has Message for Legislature
To channel Jerry Brown, “En ira veritas.” For those who lack the governor’s Jesuit education, that means, more or less, “In anger, there is truth.” It’s a fair description of the fiery statement Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar issued Tuesday night after losing the GOP primary. It’s also a message that should be required reading for […]
In Defense of a Campaign Volunteer
The Prop. 29 campaign has been a textbook example of attacking the messenger when you don’t have an effective message of your own. Recently the No on 29 campaign launched an ad with Dr. LaDonna Porter, a UC Davis Medical School grad who now practices in a Central Valley public hospital. No one is disputing […]
Reform Is Like the U.S. Open
I spent part of Wednesday in San Francisco and found myself driving in the vicinity of the Olympic Club, site of next month’s U.S. Open in golf. And it made me think of California political reform. Olympic is one of America’s most difficult courses, and the U.S. Open is the closest thing professional golf has […]
Arbitration vs. Litigation?
Despite arbitration’s endorsement by Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court, it seems like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a problem with it. Hal Scott and Leslie Silverman recently wrote a commentary for the Wall Street Journal in which they point out that the SEC rejected proposals by the Carlyle Group, Pfizer and Gannett to mandate arbitration […]