Throw the Penalty Flag on Misleading Political Ads
As the election season and football season run concurrently, one has daydreams about the possibility of throwing penalty flags on misleading political ads. Sure there have been complaints this football season that there have been too many penalty flags thrown, but it is just the opposite in politics – not enough penalty flags. This is […]
Election Day Items of Note
Election Day is finally here. No more robocalls and ungainly mailers to fill your mailbox. The last act on this Election Day is yours. If you have not done so by mail – expected to be over 60-percent of the ballots cast – then please vote today. On this Election Day, a few items to […]
Protecting California Taxpayers – One Nickel at a Time
Governor Jerry Brown was wrapping-up his second term in 1982 when voters went to the polls and narrowly elected then-Attorney General George Deukmejian to be California’s 35th Governor. With 7.9 million ballots cast, Deukmejian narrowly defeated Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. Deukmejian’s slim victory, only by a margin of 1%, is still considered one of […]
Life After LAUSD’s Deasy
It was only a matter of time before the Los Angeles school chief was run out of town. John Deasy is the latest to exit the fast-moving revolving door known as Los Angeles School Superintendent. The job – really an impossible one – saw Roy Romer replace Ray Cortines in 2001. Romer in turn was […]
Trustafarians Want to Tell You How to Live
Americans have always prided themselves on being a nation of the self-made, where class and the accident of birth did not determine success. Yet increasingly we are changing into a society where lineage does matter—and likely this process has just started, threatening not only our future prosperity but the very nature of our society. In […]