There’s No Business Like Trump Business
It appears that President Donald Trump’s faux “bro-mance” with the country’s corporate business leadership has pretty much come to an end. The President craves respect, especially from the business elite. But, to paraphrase comedian Rodney Dangerfield, Trump doesn’t get much respect these days. After decades of being excluded from the elite “club” in New York, […]
Bail Reform Restores Basic American Values of Freedom and Justice
Bail reform is not a partisan issue. It’s not an urban or rural issue. It should be everyone’s issue. It’s an American issue. The United States is one of only two nations on planet Earth that use a commercial bail system. And across the country, from big cities, such as Washington, D.C., to rural counties […]
Milton Friedman Lives On
Milton Friedman was a world-class economist, won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1976, and passed away in 2006. Friedman championed repeal of the death tax (estate tax) for years. In 2001 he wrote an open letter on the subject and convinced 276 economists to sign on. This week the national Family Business Coalition, of […]
Take Me Out to the California League
Take me out to the ballgame this summer? Sure, as long as you’re taking me to San Jose or Visalia or Lake Elsinore. Yep, I know those cities don’t have major league teams—that’s the point. In California these days, Major League Baseball is miserable. But the California League—our very own minor league—is a little-known jewel, […]