The California U.S. Senate Race And A Steyer Insurgency
Tom Steyer, the self-styled Democratic activist and billionaire who has made little secret of his desire to be the next Senator from California has spent in excess of $10 million of his estimable fortune, but not to replace long-time incumbent. Diane Feinstein. That may come later. His company, Next Gen Climate, a San Francisco based […]
Mass killings: they’re all copycats
Recently, pundits worried if the mass shootings in a Texas church would inspire copycats to do likewise elsewhere. But what is a copycat shooter if not someone who just finds a soft target and proceeds to mow down people there with gunfire? Aren’t most of our more notorious mass murderers copycats? Isn’t the past history […]
Hollywood’s Predators Are State Subsidized
Who enabled Hollywood’s sexual harassers and predators? There are many answers to that question in the ongoing debate about power, sex and abuse, but let’s not forget one group of people who have backed the predators. The taxpayers of California. The state has long backed TV and movie production with tax credits. Among the tax-subsidized […]
A U.S. Home Ownership Turn Around?
The Census Bureau reports that home ownership in the United States rose to 63.9 percent in the third quarter of 2017. This continues a rising trend since the second quarter of 2016, when home ownership had dropped to 62.9. This equaled the previous low of 51 years before (1965), just a year after annual data […]