Why GOP Should Endorse Jerry
Dear California Republicans, As you hold your convention this weekend, your face many difficult questions about the future of your party. Fortunately, your choice for governor is obvious: it’s the incumbent Jerry Brown. Yes, Brown is, as a technical matter, a registered Democrat. But look at his rhetoric and his record, and it’s hard to […]
Friday Shorts: Newspaper Political Ads; MICRA & DUI Irony; and Would the Guv Go “Between Two Ferns”
Political ads in newspapers have pretty much gone the way of the Dodo Bird. It was interesting, therefore, to hear a comment by Aaron Kushner, owner of the Orange County Register and the soon to launch (April 16) Los Angeles Register, at the Zocalo Public Square discussion Monday on the newspaper business (moderated by F&H […]
Can One Judge Stop California From Being Railroaded?
Does the Rule of Law matter or is it an antiquated concept in this day and age? After all, our President regularly violates the separation of powers by unilaterally rewriting laws. So it comes with some surprise when a judge stands up to California’s executive branch and puts the brakes on California’s High Speed Rail […]
Energy Running Out of California
The recent decision by Occidental Petroleum to move its headquarters to Houston from Los Angeles, where it was founded over a half-century ago, confirms the futility and delusion embodied in California’s ultragreen energy policies. By embracing solar and wind as preferred sources of generating power, the state promotes an ever-widening gap between its declining middle- […]