Why I am Quitting the Sierra Club
In 1902 John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club and my favorite environmentalist wrote: “Fortunately, nature has a few big places beyond man’s power to spoil–the ocean, the two icy ends of the globe, and the Grand Cañon.” The great conservationist was wrong. Our increasing demand for power, water storage and combustion of fossil fuels […]
California Labor Decides It Likes Billionaires After All
This is the era of billionaires. If you’re a company or a nonprofit or a politician, you probably spend a lot of time searching for one rich person to fund you – or tending to the rich person who already does. The one exception to this was the House of Labor. The unions could tap […]
Feinstein is Running for Senate. Who Else?
Dianne Feinstein dusted off her personal Twitter account this morning and used it for the first time since April to tweet: @DianneFeinstein – “I am running for reelection to the Senate. Lots more to do: ending gun violence, combating climate change, access to healthcare. I’m all in!” The tweet was followed by a Facebook post and press […]
California Employers Ought to Give Their Employees a Career Choice
First off, the answer is “yes.” I loved to fly as a U.S. Naval aviator. But the best part of my service – first as an aviator, later in the Pentagon, and now in the Reserves – has been watching young men and women, from every walk of life, earn a place at the American […]
Praise for Firefighters; Support for Small Business
Wildfires in California are wreaking havoc, and destroying homes and communities. Thank you to all of the firefighters and forest service personnel bravely working to keep everyone safe. * * * Boosting Small Business Cybersecurity In the last 12 months, hackers have breached half of all small businesses in the United States, according to the […]