Where Your Money Goes

Ever wonder where your tax dollars go every year?  Certainly, you know that federal, state and local governments hire a lot of people – and you pay for that.  And, they’re working for you, in case you didn’t know.  Remember that the next time you visit the local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).  You will […]

Defending Camp Pendleton

The American military may be the finest fighting force in the history of the world. But how long can it defend Camp Pendleton? Marine Base Camp Pendleton is best known as our state’s signature military facility, a center for training the men and women who fight for our country. But Pendleton is also one of […]

California an Economic Model? Not Quite

A significant sub-theme of Gov. Jerry Brown’s climate change conference in San Francisco this month was that California is a living model of how a nation-state can go green while experiencing economic prosperity. Some Californians take it a step further, contending that going green is itself an economic spur. Certainly California’s current economy is, at […]