Los Angeles County has selected the McChrystal Group to “conduct an independent review of the evacuation policies and emergency alert notification systems utilized by the County and its partners in responding to the Palisades and Eaton Fires.” The group “is…
In early January, raging fires destroyed or damaged more than 6,000 homes in and around Los Angeles. By March 24, more than two months later, only four rebuilding permits had been approved. Fire victims have a right to be baffled….
California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a webpage last month to fight misinformation and disinformation about the tragic wildfires in Los Angeles. Irony is dead. The self-appointed Disinformation Czar doesn’t seem to realize he is one of the leading sources of…
While Gov. Newsom met with President Trump in Washington, Trump envoy Ric Grenell was in Los Angeles observing the city’s effort to recover from the devastating firestorms. The former acting director of national intelligence was surprised to find DEI practices hindering…
Oscar Murdock, my sainted father, does not wear his heart on his sleeve. At age 92, he is beyond such sentimentality. Instead, every day, he affixes a beer-coaster-sized button to his shirt. It reads: “Trump Was Right.” What I treasure most about that item is its subtlety….
“The hots are getting hotter, the dries are getting drier … something happened to the plumbing of the world. Climate change is real and exacerbating this.” That was California Gov. Gavin Newsom responding to Donald Trump, but not last week…
Americans were justifiably shocked when UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered on a midtown Manhattan street last December. Perhaps more shocking was the reaction among those who rationalized the crime as a consequence of legitimate frustrations with skyrocketing healthcare costs,…
The Los Angeles inferno continues, as new fires continue to break out even after entire neighborhoods have been ravaged and thousands of people have been displaced. Every day the case builds for reintroducing “a culture of responsibility” to California. Shmuel Klatzkin wrote of…
Democracy arose in Britain and in America as a fight for rights. In the 1600s, Parliament stood up for their rights against King Charles I. Charles wanted to concentrate all political power in himself, much as the Tudor monarchs had…
