Why Gun Control is Falling Flat
The gun control debate has evolved into liberal activists talking to liberal activists, liberal columnists writing for liberal newspapers, liberal taking heads talking to other liberals, and all united in the belief that the solution to gun violence in America is taking bad looking guns away from rural rednecks, the very people least likely to […]
California Can’t Tax Itself to Prosperity
Last year California voters approved two tax increases aimed at bringing billions more dollars into state coffers. But that hasn’t stopped revenue-hungry lawmakers in the Legislature from seeking further tax hikes. It’s almost as if they think we can tax ourselves into prosperity. A recent example of this type of confused thinking is the oil […]
Do We Need 150 More Years of Getting California Wrong?
California is a famously volatile place—lurching from boom to bust and from sunshine to natural disaster—but it’s nowhere near as volatile as the perceptions of California. Only last year, the state was being routinely compared to Greece. The Economist devoted big chunks of its weekly issues to California’s “failure.” In the fall, Bloomberg reported, “California […]
Kevin James’ Endorsement of Eric Garcetti a Huge Let Down
I grew up in Los Angeles. My parents still live in the same home in which I was raised on the Westside. I have an affinity for the city that was my home for nearly half of my life. After watching with gross fascination for eight years as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has diminished the City […]