Tag Archives: California

Build a Wall: Rush Limbaugh and Donald Trump’s Alternative To The Demographic Californication Of America

Posted on August 17, 2015 by

This recent quote from Rush Limbaugh surprised me: If you want to find the future of the Republican Party and the country, look at California.  There isn’t a single Republican in statewide office.  There never will be in the future.  … Continue reading →

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The Mighty Limbaugh Has Struck Out: What Limbaugh Being Dropped From KFI Means

Posted on January 16, 2014 by

Clear Channel owns both KFI (perhaps the largest radio station west of the Mississippi, broadcasting from Los Angeles and reaching much of California and Nevada) and KTLK (a radio backwater, also based in LA, with a very narrow signal range, … Continue reading →

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Are Obamacare Exchanges Failing?

Posted on October 11, 2013 by

There’s no doubt that the Obamacare exchange websites have had a terrible initial roll-out, but this is different from describing the Obamacare exchanges as a failure, at least based on this portion of an AP story that just came out … Continue reading →

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Bill Maher on Liberal California

Posted on September 30, 2013 by

As a Californian, I can say that Maher’s description of the state is dead-on. It really is nice here.

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Louis Black on Texas v. Illinois, California, and New York

Posted on July 24, 2013 by

A nice volley in the American culture wars.

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Race and the Republican Party

Posted on June 30, 2013 by

According to the most recent census figures, the percentage of Americans who identify themselves as “white, not Hispanic” is 63.4% of the population. The United States has about 314 million citizens, and therefore about 199 million white citizens. Why do … Continue reading →

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Huell Howser Impersonator

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Comedian James Adomian parodies Huell Howser perfectly here (but you’ll have to click over to YouTube to watch it): __________ Howser was an institution on public television in California, going around the state interviewing people. Homosexual and originally from Tennessee, … Continue reading →

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Blink or Wait? Frank Partnoy Recommends Waiting

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

__________ An article on some of his ideas here.

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At Last, an Honest Budget: Why I’m Glad Jerry Brown is Governor of California

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

When Jerry Brown ran for governor last year, I voted for him. One reason I did so was because I believed that he would be likely to keep everything above-board, budget-wise. He has delivered in spades. After recently vetoing a budget … Continue reading →

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Toy Helicopter with Camara Buzzes Venice

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

The beach. The one in California.

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Something Good about America: Not Oil Wells, But Mind Wells

Posted on April 23, 2011 by

Notice in this 60 Minutes segment that Indian geniuses are not flocking to oil-rich Arab countries where a conformist religion like Islam dominates the culture. Instead, they come to Enlightenment-based secular California, to Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is a mind well … Continue reading →

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Community Colleges, the Enrollment Bottleneck, and a Dirty Little Secret

Posted on April 10, 2011 by

On April 8, 2011, the New York Times ran a piece on students making: . . . a strategic financial decision to attend community college first as a cost saving measure. The cost savings can be large (perhaps somewhere in the … Continue reading →

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California’s Governor, Jerry Brown, Gives a Great Speech

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

California Governor Jerry Brown gave an extraordinary State of the State speech yesterday. He anchored it in democratic principle and didn’t in any way evade the budget issues facing the state. It reminds me of why I voted for him: And … Continue reading →

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Can You Balance California’s Budget? Here’s a Link to a Calculator Where You Can Try.

Posted on January 16, 2011 by

Here’s a link to the Los Angeles Times’ balanced budget calculator. It’s there that you can imagine yourself wielding the budget ax, raising taxes, or doing some combination of the two to bring California’s $28 billion deficit over the next 18 months … Continue reading →

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California Budget Crisis Watch: As Jerry Brown Assumes the Governorship, Education Braces for Big Spending Cuts

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

The State of California faces a $28-billion funding deficit over the next 18 months, and education costs consume 40% of the state’s budget. That means that cuts to education are coming. Big cuts. Here’s the Los Angeles Times today: Treasurer Bill Lockyer, who … Continue reading →

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California is Spain: A Debt Crisis Looms for the Golden State

Posted on December 5, 2010 by

This is front page news in the New York Times today, and, as a California resident, it’s alarming: [M]any state and local governments have so much debt — several trillion dollars’ worth, with much of it off the books and largely … Continue reading →

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A Good Jerry Brown Ad

Posted on October 28, 2010 by

I love California. I love Jerry Brown.

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Dr. David Jeremiah’s El Cajon, California

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

This morning I heard on the radio a megachurch pastor by the name of Dr. David Jeremiah say some really wild things (even by fundamentalist standards). A description of what I heard him say in his sermon is here. Anyway, his megachurch is … Continue reading →

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The “It Gets Better Project” at YouTube

Posted on September 23, 2010 by

What would your older self say to your younger self, if you could? That’s the premise behind the It Gets Better Project: older gays and lesbians attempt to persuade gay and lesbian teens contemplating suicide to refrain and look with … Continue reading →

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Is Muslim/Non-Muslim Dialogue Valuable?: Juanita, a Christian, Shares Her Opinion with Santi, an Agnostic, on a Balmy Sunday in Lancaster, Ca.

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

And Joseph, a Muslim, was behind the video camara:

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