Mounting Headlines are Fuel for Pension Reform Movement
The public pension reform initiative campaign –if and when it comes, and it will– is being fashioned by the media. All proponents of a reform plan would have to do is make endless lists of the enormous payouts and mismanagements of the pension systems that seem to be reported daily. Put the lists on mailers, […]
Warning – Global Economies are Betting the Farm on Next Gen Batteries Not Yet Commercially Viable!
As governments, including California’s, join the electric vehicle (EV) crusade, new public policies are advancing that ultimately would ban the sale and registration of light-duty vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. Automobile manufacturers already are phasing in more EV models and moving toward a phase-out of internal combustion engines in the decades ahead. With that in mind, […]
If the Tech Oligarchs Can’t Beat the Bad Press, They’ll Just Buy it
What’s an oligarch to do? The putative tech masters of the universe now face unprecedented criticism from both left and right. The reasons extend from wanton privacy invasions of the people once described by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg as “dumb f***ks” to President Trump’s typically hyperbolic assaults on Amazon’s success at tax avoidance. The public so far still does not disdain the tech oligarchs as they […]
With Brutal Fire Season Expected, Fight Over How to Respond Has Never Stopped
California’s perilous experiences with massive wildfires reached an all-time peak in 2017, as the state suffered through its worst blaze in recorded history – the Thomas Fire – and five of its 17 worst fires ever. State officials estimated that about 9,000 wildfires from northern San Diego County to the Oregon border killed at least 46 people and burned about 11,000 […]