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‘Landmark’ Study On California Woes Ignores Profit Motive:

November 10, 2012

November 10, 2012

No academic or pseudo-academic study has had more impact on California public affairs this fall than a 32-page tome about...

Red State Vs. Blue State: Where Would You Rather Live?:

November 3, 2012

November 3, 2012

“The pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states…” Barack Obama famously observed in...

Obama Is The Practical Choice. Really.:

November 3, 2012

November 3, 2012

While I’m not hearing much about many of my generation out in the trenches working for the Obama/Biden ticket, I...

Yes On Prop 30 And Prop 38: Letter To The Editor:

October 30, 2012

October 30, 2012

Dear Editor, Help our schools on November 6th by voting yes on both Propositions 30 and 38! California schools have...

Customers Keep Paying For Utility Blunders:

October 28, 2012

October 28, 2012

When a car company blunders by installing, say, a power window switch that might catch fire, it issues a recall...

Minor Parties Won’t Distort Election Results:

October 20, 2012

October 20, 2012

As the fall election season nears its welcome end, there are a few people and parties missing, at least in...

Landmarks: Preserve, Protect… Alter?:

October 20, 2012

October 20, 2012

Not everything is treasure to everyone. To you it’s just an old beat-up baseball cap, but it happens to be...

Tax Proposition Battle Raises Echoes Of 1978 Prop. 13 Fight:

October 19, 2012

October 19, 2012

If some voters feel a sense of déjà vu as the fall election nears, one reason may be the battle...

Do Residents Or Developers Own Santa Monica: Letter To The Editor:

October 17, 2012

October 17, 2012

Dear Editor: Three major developers are spending more than $100,000 to re-elect Terry O’Day and Gleam Davis to the City...

Demo Hopes For Congress Run Through California:

October 13, 2012

October 13, 2012

Democrats have dreamed all Fall of making a huge congressional comeback and reinstalling San Francisco’s Nancy Pelosi as speaker of...