Commentary As North America suffers from Canada’s out-of-control forest fires, the Canadian government shuns responsibility. Instead of acknowledging its failure to follow tried-and-true forest-management procedures, the government instead points the finger at climate change. “We’re seeing more and more of these fires because of climate change,” Prime Minister Trudeau tweeted. “These fires are affecting everyday…
Poor Forest Management to Blame for Canada’s Wildfires, Not Climate Change
Cory Morgan: The Mounting ‘Yes Minister’ Moments Are Not So Funny
Commentary Satirical comedy is at its best when it can straddle the fine line between believability and comical exaggeration. A British sitcom in the 1980s called “Yes Minister” struck the balance perfectly as it followed the follies of a fictional cabinet minister named Jim Hacker. The show is carefully crafted to never identify the party…
Every School District in OC Improved Its Fiscal Health in 2022—Except for 2
June 16, 2023
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Orange County, California has 28 school districts, and they all share the fiscal year end of June 30. The timely release of their annual financial statements is usually before the end of the year. However, only 22 of them had their auditors field work completed before Dec. 31, 2022. Huntington Beach Union High School District…
From Neglect to Nurturing: A Father’s Day Transformation
Commentary For most Americans, Father’s Day is a time to show their appreciation to the man who helped raise them, guide them in life, and is a role model for healthy masculinity. However, for me, as a child, I saw Father’s Day as a day to ignore, because my father ignored me. My father had…
Franchise Businesses, DEI, and Wall Street: FTC to the Rescue?
June 16, 2023
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Commentary The promise of franchise businesses is that any schmuck with the money to buy one, the grit to do it, and the extraordinary work ethic required to run a business can be successful—and even become wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. No highfalutin Ivy League college degree (let alone an MBA!) to succeed in business;…
‘It’s Public Safety, Stupid’: As Public Safety Declines, the Doom Loop Rages on Unabated
June 16, 2023
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In February 2022, I wrote this in my article “What If San Francisco Doesn’t Recover:” “If you go downtown during the day, you can see the difference. The office buildings are empty. Vehicle and pedestrian traffic aren’t half of what they used to be. But what other effect does that have on the city? “Well,…
The Coming Mild Recession
Commentary Debate on recession prospects has three sides. One points to still strong jobs growth and contends that the economy will avoid recession altogether. A second side contends that the jobs numbers are misleading and that a recession is imminent. Yet a third splits the difference, arguing that a recession will wait until 2024. Forecasting…
There Is No ‘Moving On’ From Corruption
Commentary A common sentiment expressed by some voters on social media these days is the need to “move on.” This viewpoint seems to be particularly popular with those deeply desirous of a Republican candidate for president of the United States who is not Donald Trump. They readily admit that Trump’s policies were far better for…
How Censorship Does and Does Not Work
Commentary We are watching the unfolding of despotism in real time. It is giving all of us a lesson in how it works. They locked us in our homes, closed our businesses, told us we cannot go to church or to restaurants, restricted our travel, but then a problem began. Many people started objecting and…
House GOP Vote to Protect Adam Schiff
Commentary Sen. Adam Schiff? Like the sound of that? Twenty Republican U.S. House members who voted against and three who abstained in the vote to censure Rep. Schiff (D-Calif.) may not either, but, inadvertently or not, they have done their best to ensure not only Schiff’s survival but his promotion. There is nothing more that Schiff,…
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