A Close LA City Council Race
There is an election in Los Angeles next week that feels a little old fashioned. It features a Democrat versus a Republican and all indications are the race will be close. In a state dominated by the Democratic Party with statewide elections often seeing the Democratic candidate wining by 20 points or more, in the […]
Has California Finally Broken the New Hampshire Stranglehold?
The Boston Globe recently reported an unmistakable absence—of presidential candidates in New Hampshire. The late summer before a presidential year often leaves the Granite State full of contenders. But few were around, the Globe said. Why? Many were off fundraising—or visiting California. Maybe California is finally breaking the New Hampshire stranglehold on the first presidential […]
Australia’s is an Energy Cautionary Tale for California
In May the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed wind, solar, and hydroelectric generated approximately 68.5 million megawatt-hours of power, and coal generated 60 million. That’s roughly 23 percent of total electricity from renewables versus 20 percent from coal, but those numbers are deceptively misleading. Australia is the case study to show […]
The Regression of America’s Big Progressive Cities
If there’s anything productive to come from his recent Twitter storm, President Trump’s recent crude attacks on Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings have succeeded in bring necessary attention to the increasingly tragic state of our cities. Baltimore’s continued woes, after numerous attempts to position itself as a “comeback city,” illustrates all too poignantly the deep-seated decay […]