Commentary Now we’re getting someplace. Rookie Assemblywoman Kate Sanchez (R-Murrieta) is advancing Assembly Bill 1724, which would cut the state sales tax 1 percentage point for one year. I’ve long said the way to improve the economy in California is with a series of small tax cuts for the middle-class and poor. Start small, keep trying….
California Tax Cut Bill Would Fight Inflation, Boost Economy
April 13, 2023
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Right—And Wrong
Commentary The future of cash is digital. The digital revolution will be built on an expansive foundation of data. To amass such data, greater levels of surveillance will be required. Of all the digital currencies that will eventually populate this planet, the digital dollar will be the most influential—and potentially, the most dangerous. The Biden…
Orange County Lawyer, TikTok Star Wants to Take on Rep. Michelle Steel
April 13, 2023
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Commentary In recent Orange County news, University of California–Irvine Law School alumna Cheyenne Hunt has thrown her hat in the ring to compete for the 45th Congressional District in 2024. Kim Bernice Nguyen, a Garden Grove City Councilwoman, has also announced her candidacy, along with Brea lawyer Aditya Pai. Currently, Rep. Michelle Steel represents the…
Russia’s and China’s Failing Arms Exports
Commentary Every year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) releases its annual report on the global arms trade. It is a short document (just 12 pages) but a worthwhile read. In particular, it is chockablock with useful data on international arms transfers. In the first place, for example, the volume of overall arms exports…
‘The Girl of the Golden West’ (1938): A Movie Operetta vs. Puccini’s Spaghetti Western
Commentary A saloon in an 1850s California gold mining town called Cloudy sounds like a great setting for an old Western, maybe starring John Wayne. It certainly doesn’t sound like the setting for an Italian grand opera by Puccini. Nevertheless, this is the setting for Giacomo Puccini’s 1910 opera “La Fanciulla del West,” which means…
Afghanistan: We Gave You Our Dead, You Give Them Their Meaning
April 13, 2023
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Commentary I write this today, not as an individual, but as a veteran of the wars of Afghanistan and Iraq. I’ve compiled some thoughts of the community to share some of the more prescient points and the general feelings of Afghan War Vets, Wounded Warriors, Gold Star Families, and Afghans living in the United States….
Biden EPA’s EV Quotas Would Take Away Americans’ Freedom of Choice of Vehicles, Enrich China
April 13, 2023
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Commentary The Biden administration on Wednesday announced plans to make cars more expensive for Americans, curb U.S. energy jobs, and make Chinese battery manufacturers richer. The new proposed regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would require new car sales to be 60 percent battery-powered electric by 2030 and 67 percent by 2032 in order…
4 Underused Tools to Stop School Shootings
April 13, 2023
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Commentary In the aftermath of school shootings, media outlets often amplify calls for gun control while ignoring or spurning evidence-based ways to protect students. Here are four life-saving tools they are missing or dismissing. Shatter-Resistant Entryways As documented in the academic journal Victims & Offenders, an “immediate and economical” way to protect students “is to tighten” access to school buildings. Many school administrators have…
How the Prestige and Trust Deficit Impacts the Strategic Equation
Commentary Every major nation-state faces an existential threat in terms of economic viability, partly because the global strategic climate of distrust no longer favors high debt levels. This is not, in hard terms, because economic viability and (therefore) long-term security are no longer achievable, but because the factors of prestige and trust that empower and…
Afghanistan Lies Are a Crime Against the American People and Honest History
Commentary On Aug. 31, 2021, as the world witnessed via live television the Biden administration’s Afghanistan debacle, Reuters published a partial transcript of a July 23, 2021, phone call between President Joe Biden and Afghan government then-president Ashraf Ghani. Before reading the quote, remember Biden held and still holds command authority over all branches of…
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