The Controversial Legacy of Henry Waxman
Rep. Henry Waxman is retiring from Congress, in part, he says, because of the “extremism of the Tea Party Republicans. I am embarrassed that the greatest legislative body in the world too often operates in a partisan intellectual vacuum.” Yet the fact is that few members have contributed more to the partisanship, extremism and dysfunction […]
Attorney General’s Inaccurate Pension Initiative Ballot Summary Must be Corrected
Yesterday, my fellow proponents and I announced that we will be filing a legal challenge to correct the inaccurate and misleading ballot summary that the Office of Attorney General Kamala Harris issued for our statewide pension reform initiative. The ballot summary is just plain wrong. It provides an inaccurate description of our initiative and misleads the voters as […]
Polling Shows Californians Like School-Choice Tax Credits
This week is National School Choice Week and recent polling data shows that Californians support school choice, especially proposals creating tax credits that empower parents to choose the type of education that best meets their children’s needs. Historically, Californians have had a favorable view of particular school-choice options. For example, charter schools, which are deregulated […]
The Thin Veneer of Civilization
“The thin veneer of civilization,” Edgar Rice Burroughs, describing man’s inner savage, The Return of Tarzan (2d in the Tarzan series) (1912). Recent major storms and their after-effects – NY and NJ after Sandy; Joplin, MO after tornados; Katrina in New Orleans; the Philippines recent mega-typhoon Haiyan; Atlanta, GA this past week, after only a […]