Blue Today, Bluer Tomorrow
The long-rising blue tide that has colored American politics and values may have crested, but it could still have enough momentum to make it through the election year. Even if Trump is somehow reelected, the wielders of power and influence — academia, media, Wall Street, Hollywood, the big-tech oligarchs, the dominant nonprofits, and the governmental […]
California’s Energy Scorecard Fails on the World Stage
California, with 0.5 percent of the world’s population (40 million vs 8 billion) professes to be the leader of everything and through its dysfunctional energy policies imports more electricity than any other state – currently at 32 percent from the Northwest and Southwest – and has forced California to be the only state in contiguous […]
The LA Sheriff is Going Nowhere
In LA County, the new sheriff in town–he’s only been in office 22 months–would surrender the office if some powerful politicians and political entities have anything to say about it. But Sheriff Alex Villanueva says he’s going nowhere and he’s probably right. As an elected official, the sheriff is in a powerful position to resist […]
Environmental activists lack the courage to seek real solutions
With a willful dismissal of facts, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and others continue their ideological crusade against oil and gas in California. Their approach of accusing opponents of being racist is merely a form of moral superiority honed to achieve victory at all costs. CBD has deliberately subscribed to the logical fallacies that […]
California Leaders Praise the Late Justice Ginsburg
At a time when history is caught up in swirling and tumultuous political currents a Supreme Court justice just passed away who influenced much of it. Ruth Bader Ginsburg a woman of diminutive physical stature, but giant intellect and boundless energy, fierce determination and unshakable conviction, has left the stage at the age of 87 […]
Homeless Anarchy in Los Angeles
Anyone thinking about blaming the police for the anarchy that grips America’s liberal cities is not paying attention. The police know how to do their jobs, but the politicians, elected by progressive liberals, do not let them. And often enough, even when there are laws left on the books that might permit prosecution, activist prosecutors, […]
The Ballot Box Kiosk Merely Adds to Vote Safety Concerns
Los Angeles County is already responding to the controversary of mail-in ballots and possible slow or reduced post office service for the election by planting 123 vote collection kiosks in the county. The first boxes went up near libraries and around LA City parks. The mail-in ballots are coming to every citizen is part of […]
Small Businesses Look to Sacramento for Some COVID Magic
Mirror, mirror, on the wall—will I still be here in the fall? I may actually own a magic mirror events company here in Los Angeles, but I know I am just one of thousands of small business owners across the state asking themselves this same question. Going on five months now, the COVID-19 pandemic has […]
SB 1383 Seals the Fate of Most Small Businesses. Sad.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of Senate Bill 1383 came as little surprise to the state’s leading small-business association, which, along with more than 100 other business groups, warned against it. Tragically, previous vows from the governor and lawmakers to help devastated small business owners crawl out of this virus-ravaged economic recession have proven to be a […]
Trump and Newsom, Strange Political Bedfellows
We critique the meeting between Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump on the wildfires. And we examine the factor of fear in the election campaign–fear of fires, floods and climate change, fear of the pandemic and fear of violence provoked by protesters and police. Inside Golden State Politics podcast is here.