How Can We Make California CA-Boom! Again?
Ebola, landslide elections, immigration and Ferguson have dominated the holiday season news, and those massive stories have obscured a host of other events that augur poorly for the future of California unless we act to change the way we govern this state. It’s the problems related in these stories that inspired me to write CA-Boom! […]
Give the Oscar to Kern County
Sure, California has everything. But where would you find a murderous, Farsi-speaking, chador-wearing vampire riding her skateboard around an oil city with the slow swagger of Clint Eastwood? Kern County, of course. If a place could win an Academy Award for acting, I’d nominate the county at the bottom of the Central Valley for an […]
The Election Aftermath and its Meaning for Californians
Although the California GOP lost one Congressional seat in the November election the party has much to celebrate elsewhere with a net gain of 12 new Members in the House to further pad its majority. As of now one race in Arizona and two in Louisiana remain undecided which could add to their majority. Democrats […]
California’s New, Big, Nonpartisan Political Tent
“In politics, a big tent or catch-all party is a political party seeking to attract people with diverse viewpoints and thus appeal to more of the electorate. The big tent approach is opposed to single-issue litmus tests and ideological rigidity, conversely advocating multiple ideologies and views within a party.” – Wikipedia, “Big Tent“ Something is […]