The Calderon Affair
The Calderon affair just got messier – and the spotlight on state government just got harsher – but lost in the drama could be the promise of innocent until proven otherwise. Senator Ron Calderon is now accusing the FBI of seeking revenge against him for allegedly not cooperating in an investigation of the state senate […]
Why I’m Disappointed In The Alleged Calderon Corruption
Here’s another problem with California’s broken governance system, albeit one that you don’t often hear about: Even our corruption is lame. This is a big, grand state, so our corruption should be big and grand. Alas, our system so constrains politician that even their corruption is embarrassingly small. Take the Ron Calderon case, and the […]
Advice from Ike I Like
The subject of not one, but two best-selling biographies (this one and this one) published in the last 18 months, the record of Dwight Eisenhower has many historians and political pundits pining for the days of strong, pragmatic leadership. Consider Joe Scarborough’s upcoming book, The Right Path: From Ike to Reagan, How Republicans Once Mastered […]
Watch Out Those Unpaid Interns May Sue You!
Early in my career I did quite a few unpaid internships. While I would have loved to have been paid, I actually viewed them all as great experiences that ultimately paid off in the long run. Well, apparently that is not the case now, as unpaid interns have turned to lawsuits in an attempt to […]