The Week’s Other Political Earthquake – In California, Naturally
Tuesday brought two major political earthquakes, one on either side of the country. While Majority Leader Eric Cantor will forever be known as the first House Majority Leader to fall to a primary challenge, on the West Coast, the all-powerful California teachers’ unions were defeated by judicial review. In deciding the Vergara v. California case, […]
The Former Mayor of Carmel (Clint Eastwood) Could Teach Eric Cantor a Thing or Two
Eric Cantor’s losing campaign spent $168,000…just on steakhouses. That’s more than David Brat’s entire campaign. This is not because David Brat is a vegetarian. We cannot even say that he is a spoiler Brat. I’m not even certain Cantor’s stunning defeat sends a message about crony capitalism. To be sure, Republican leaders play homage to […]
California Must Catch the Manufacturing Wave
It’s coming – a big surge of manufacturing growth and investment is coming back to the United States in the next decades. Companies are “re-shoring” their operations from foreign locations with rising labor costs and lax intellectual property protections. Cheap natural gas from our technologically-driven energy boom is almost enough by itself to tip the […]
Texas a Haven for Those Seeking Freedom
When car manufacturers and multinational corporations move from state to state, it grabs headlines. When individuals and families make similar moves, rarely does it merit a mention in the newspaper. That’s what made a column last summer in the Dallas Morning News by the Orange County Register’s own Mark Landsbaum such an important reminder that […]
Small Business, Big Impact
Throughout our nation’s history, small businesses — with fewer than 500 employees as defined by the federal government — have been the engine of our economy. Today, America’s 28 million small businesses represent the creativity and innovation that drives our economic growth. Like this Chamber’s efforts, many of today’s civic conversations are focused on job […]