California Voters Want a Third Party
Californians would prefer a major third political party. The new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) poll tells us so. But time and again the voters seem to settle into familiar patterns. So how strong is this rejection of the major parties? While the news made from the new PPIC poll results deal with the […]
Newsom Exaggerates: Prop 13 Isn’t Really on the Table
At the only gubernatorial debate this fall, Gavin Newsom was asked if Proposition 13 was on the table. His response “Everything is on the table.” This occasioned the usual gnashing of teeth and outrage from professional Prop 13 defenders. Newsom was supposedly touching the third rail, and putting Prop 13 on the table, and at […]
Housing Crunch is Discriminatory
A NIMBY group may be satisfied with stopping a housing project in their neighborhood but I wonder if they realize that their efforts are discriminatory – creating displacement and relegating people of color to areas of greater poverty. According to a recently released study, that’s exactly what those efforts produce. The study, conducted by the […]
The American Republic Has Lost Adult Supervision
The ship known as the American Republic sails on, but its crew is made up of irresponsible and vicious children cast from “Lord of the Flies.” Prisoners of their own emotions, they increasingly seem impervious to the notion that their gyrations might topple their own vessel. To be sure, exhibit one of infantilism in politics […]