Results Are In! Voters Stayed Away.
The recently completed election in California was more than just a wave election. It was a watershed in a trend that has been building for the past several decades; the exit of the informed and interested voter. Sure, there was a lot of political discussion. Nonstop chatter on the cable news shows. Tons of political […]
“Unfinished Business”: Chuck Reed’s Just Getting Started On Pension Reform
All Chuck Reed needs is $25 million, and that’s all he needs. “For me, it’s unfinished business,” says Reed, the outgoing mayor of San Jose, California. “I’m stubborn, persistent, whatever you want to call it.” He’s talking about his plans for a statewide pension reform initiative in 2016; the $25 million is the cost of […]
Fracking Safety — NY Times vs LA Times, Yet Again
The fracking revolution continues to unfold in a half-dozen states around the nation, with enormous benefits to all Americans. A New York Times analysis Friday laid out the particulars: The steepening drop in gasoline prices in recent weeks — spurred by soaring domestic energy production and Saudi discounts for crude oil at a time of faltering global […]
The Progressives’ War on Suburbia
You are a political party, and you want to secure the electoral majority. But what happens, as is occurring to the Democrats, when the damned electorate that just won’t live the way—in dense cities and apartments—that you have deemed is best for them? This gap between party ideology and demographic reality has led to a disconnect […]