
Whither the California Tax Revolt
(Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in The Wall Street Journal print edition October 27, 2016) Ronald Reagan noted in his autobiography that California voters set

(Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in The Wall Street Journal print edition October 27, 2016) Ronald Reagan noted in his autobiography that California voters set
The Milken Institute staged its regular California Summit earlier in the week and amid some dazzling lunchtime presentations on the automated future of driverless cars,

Most analyst agree that California’s tax system is out of whack and needs major repairs but one thing that stands in the way is politics.
The first time I saw Tom Hayden he was running in the 1976 primary for the United States Senate to displace fellow Democrat John Tunney.

Last week, the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon reported that the business community is not engaging on the big tax fights appearing on the November ballot:

Voters in California have hundreds of local bonds to consider in this election but I suspect many voters don’t understand how the bonds are funded.
Proposition 60, the measure requiring use of condoms in adult films, has a couple of noteworthy provisions that could be precedent setting for future initiatives–one
(Editor’s Note: This essay is part of U.S. Presidential Elections Have Always Been Crazy, an Inquiry produced for What It Means to Be American, a partnership of the

I’m as frustrated as many of you about this year’s presidential campaign. Even before the recent Wikileaks revelations tainting the Clinton campaign and the videotape