Reading the Ballot Initiatives, Part 1
It’s not just the ballot that’s long—with all sorts of federal, state and local offices, and those 17 statewide ballot measures. It’s the ballot measures ourselves. We get quite angry when we hear about elected officials who don’t read the proposed laws they vote on. But California voters don’t read the laws they vote on […]
Banned Books? What About Censorship By Taxation?
One major annoyance is the annual whine by the Banned Books Week Coalition. That’s because the books aren’t banned, at least not in America. And included are “challenged” books in the list of supposedly “banned” books. The Week of Woe also is advanced by the California Libraries Association, although their last website update was two […]
California’s initiative system is broken
When my kids first got video games, we devised a family contract. We spelled out how long they could play, the priority of homework and the acceptance of absolute parental discretion. But no sooner was the ink dry than we realized we needed a few changes. The original deal had a half-hour per day limit, […]