Reading Arnold’s Mind
After some years in storage, the Fox & Hounds mind-reading machine is back, and pointed at a familiar target… I am sick and tired of the whole media talking about how I’m just like Trump. Some of them are even surprised I didn’t endorse the guy. What a bunch of foreheads! I tried to ignore […]
Complex Politics Color Minimum Wage Debate
Few issues defy consensus like the minimum wage. Voters strongly support raising it. Most business owners, especially in retail and hospitality, decry government-ordered wage hikes. Economists are decidedly mixed on the subject. California has raised the minimum wage five times since 1998, which was the last time voters themselves had a say in the matter. […]
Two Parties on a Collision Course with Their Own Destiny
Could we be witnessing the wholesale dismantlement of the Republican Party and what may also be a historical realignment for the Democrats as well? The ever-changing presidential campaign scorecard is getting most of our attention. However there are other things to think about for the troubled and increasingly off-balance party apparatchiks in both camps which […]
California’s Housing Affordability Crisis Has a New Culprit
California’s housing affordability crisis has a new culprit: short-term rental platforms, like Airbnb. Whether it is the 2015 anti-Airbnb San Francisco ballot measure battle or city council votes banning such platforms like the one that occurred last month in Danville, California, there is a belief that if only Airbnb and other similar platforms didn’t exist, […]