Will Masks Interfere with Courtroom Justice?
The fact that wearing or not wearing a mask has become a political symbol of state authority versus freedom seems so far out of bounds with medical reality. Think of masks representing the old marketing slogan some apple producers thought up: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Wearing a mask, along with following […]
Latest COVID-19 Surge Highlights Need for California to Modernize Surveillance Systems For The Future
It’s heartbreaking and frustrating to watch as parts of California again close down because of a resurgent coronavirus. In the past four months, COVID-19 has crashed economies and disrupted health care systems. It has filled some hospitals, emptied public spaces and, regrettably, taken more than 130,000 American lives. Our nation and America’s largest state is […]
California’s Housing Push: Time to Press the “Pause Button”
For three years, California’s legislature has tried to pass a series of draconian housing bills that would: Deprive cities and counties of their self-determination as local governments, Usurp local zoning and planning policies throughout California, and Impose fixed, state-mandated development standards upon established single-family neighborhoods, making them the state’s new frontiers for high-density development. All […]
The Virus is the Fire. And we are the fuel.
(Originally posted on FlashReport) The COVID pandemic is new for most of us. I certainly was not around for the last one, the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, and I’m not likely to be around for the next. When people are faced with something completely alien to our experience, we naturally look for ways to […]