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by | Dec 22, 2014

There was a time when many a school board threatened to cancel the football season or disband the school band when its members sensed the voters might vote against the latest school bond measure. The threats were usually idle ones,…

by | Dec 15, 2014

According to the Wall Street Journal, “construction of church buildings in the U.S., has fallen to the lowest level since private records began in 1967.” That’s not a surprise. The Fifties and early Sixties saw a great surge in church attendance…

by | Dec 8, 2014

As the telephone rang, the screen said it was Henny-Penny calling. I hadn’t heard from her since she resigned as Founder and Recording Secretary of The Holy Order of the Sky is Falling and became a global warming skeptic.  Me:…

by | Nov 26, 2014

California’s Governor Jerry Brown floated to victory on Election Day. This will be his fourth term (his second as the state’s oldest Governor; his first two were as its youngest). “Floated” is the right word. He gave no campaign speeches,…

by | Nov 24, 2014

In his speech last Thursday, President Obama had two objectives. First, a dual one: create future votes for the Democrats and gain gratitude from illegal Hispanics for his generosity. The other objective was to set a trap for Congressional Republican…

by | Nov 19, 2014

With much media fanfare, Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Steyer set out earlier this year to put an end to global warming skepticism through campaign contributions to favored candidates. Estimates of what he and his PAC spent range from $57 million…

by | Oct 9, 2014

On California’s northern coast are three counties that marijuana aficionados call the Emerald Triangle. In their view, the growers there have perfected a strain of cannabis that has high potency and consistently high quality. Result: There are many growers, most…

by | Sep 29, 2014

It was all high fives on New Year’s Day in Denver’s marijuana shops. That was the day sales began under Colorado’s voter-approved measure to make legal “recreational” use of marijuana. More than a few state bureaucrats, on the lookout for…

by | Sep 18, 2014

California governors, from Ronald Reagan on, have glowed over the idea that if the state were a separate country it would have the seventh- or eighth-largest economy in the world. Perhaps Silicon Valley millionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper thought that…

by and | Sep 10, 2014

Americans are outraged over the beheadings of James Foley and Steven Sotloff. We all want President Obama to defeat these savages. For any plan to be credible, it must acknowledge four important facts. (1) Without oil, ISIS has no economy:…

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