Commentary Recent headlines about Haiti have reminded me of my summer internship there in 1975. I “grew up” in Haiti, in the sense that I learned what it means to live in a police state. Before that, I lived in a cocoon of simplistic theory. My Ivy League education had taught me that America was the…
Three Ways to Prevent California Wildfires
July 25, 2021
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Commentary Wildfires are once again burning down California. The San Francisco Chronicle reported on July 22, “The Tamarack Fire burning through nearly 44,000 acres near South Lake Tahoe crossed the border into Nevada late Wednesday as flames encroached on Highway 395, prompting evacuation warnings.” This is just the beginning. The Tamarack Fire is on federal lands controlled by U.S….
Critical Race Theory Makes it Easier to Manipulate Young Minds
July 19, 2021
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Commentary As defined by Encyclopedia Britannica: “Critical Race Theory (CRT), is an intellectual movement and loosely-organized framework of legal analysis based on the premise that race is not a natural, biologically grounded feature of physically distinct subgroups of human beings but a socially constructed (culturally invented) category that is used to oppress and exploit people of color. “Critical race theorists hold that the…
Most of SoCal Housing Market Begins Normalizing
July 17, 2021
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Commentary The housing market in Orange County, Calif., is finally starting to normalize. Homeowners can still expect their properties to sell in less than a month—historically very fast. But at 27 days, the average market time to sell a home in Orange County has increased 23 percent, from 22 days, in the past four weeks….
Weaponizing Mental Health
July 16, 2021
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Commentary Leaders and teachers are encouraging us to feel offended over a long list of grievances. We humans are easily offended, so fanning grievances is an effective way for a leader to recruit followers. Your stock of resentments is your ticket into the “army of discontent,” as Karl Marx called it. Leaders have weaponized public…
Mayor’s Spin on Crime is Confusing, Contradictory, and Misleading
July 14, 2021
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Commentary SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—San Francisco’s mayor and police chief held a joint press conference July 12 to share mid-year crime statistics for the city by the bay. Having worked as an administrator with the city during six different mayoral administrations, I can attest to the fact that each and every mayor used such an occasion…
Newsom vs. Davis: A Review of Two Very Different Recalls
July 11, 2021
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Commentary I wrote Orange County Register editorials for the 2003 recall of then-governor Gray Davis and his replacement with then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. We supported the recall. But at that time, the paper’s commentary section did not support specific candidates for office, although it does now. Things today are a lot different. With the recall of…
Newsom Versus Davis: A Review of Two Very Different Recalls
July 11, 2021
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Commentary I wrote Orange County Register editorials for the 2003 recall of then-governor Gray Davis and his replacement with then-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. We supported the recall. But at that time, the paper’s commentary section did not support specific candidates for office, although it does now. Things today are a lot different. With the recall of…
California Purchasing Managers Expect Manufacturing Sector to Boom in Third Quarter
July 8, 2021
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Commentary Manufacturing executives in California are more excited about their growth prospects than they’ve been in nearly 20 years. That’s the takeaway from a recent Chapman University polling of purchasing managers at manufacturing companies. Professors at the university’s A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research surveyed buyers from throughout the Golden State about their expectations…
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Cancel Culture: A Remanifestation of Fascism
Commentary If history teaches us anything, it is that the past is perhaps the single darkest shadow haunting humanity. Since the dawn of human civilization, our modern world has made countless attempts to rewrite, escape, and even purge its most dreadful memories, while clinging dear to that which is better remembered. Let’s face it: the…