A View from an LAPD Officer
We can’t know what all the police officers in California are thinking about current focus on their profession and service. But by listening to one Los Angeles Police Department officer answering questions about what he sees and feels, I got a sense of what I suspect are attitudes representative of many cops. The officer, who […]
Study Brings out Five Worries with California’s Economy
A study released late last week by the nation’s leading small-business association revealed five issues in particular that were more problematic for Main Street entrepreneurs in California to deal with than they were for their counterparts across the nation. Every four years since 1982, NFIB has published its Small Business Problems & Priorities report listing […]
How L.A. Can Help its Businesses
Local governments have been trying to help their residents through the coronavirus pandemic, and that’s great. But the city of Los Angeles has been particularly lax in helping its businesses. Here’s something meaningful the city of Los Angeles could do: declare a gross receipts tax holiday. In case you’re not familiar with it, the gross […]
How Our Screen Time Habits Are Manipulating Our Perspectives
We have been told to keep kids’ screen time in check. According to a new Pew Research report, 71% of parents of a child under the age of 12 are concerned that their child is spending too much time in front of screens. Kids are told to get outside. But now might be the time […]