A Well-Deserved Takedown of the California Political Class
WASHINGTON — Actress Sara Foster captured the rage of many Angelenos who have watched their city burn from the Palisades to Altadena in one social media post: “We pay the highest taxes in California. Our fire hydrants were empty. Our vegetation was overgrown,...
News From Around the South, 1/6 to 1/13
SOUTH CAROLINA: S.C. Parks Dept. Seeks $18M to Open Four New State Parks COLUMBIA — Four new state parks could open in 2025, if South Carolina’s parks department receives the $18 million it has requested from the state Legislature. The planned parks would join 48 the...
Damn the Acquiescence
It’s important in a democracy that the losing side grapple with its defeat and learn the right lessons for next time. A certain amount of reflection and self-criticism is healthy, but we’ve blown past that point and are in danger of over-interpreting the...
When did the Civil War begin? Most say April 1861, but many historians say it started earlier.
Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this week, Jan. 5-9, 1861. To pick up where we left off in our last column,...
Why America Is in So Much Trouble
Shortly before Milton Friedman’s death in 2006, I had the privilege of interviewing him over dinner in San Francisco. The last question I asked him was: What are the three things we have to do to make America more prosperous? His answer I have never forgotten:...Obiter Dicta
The deployment of California National Guard troops and active-duty U.S. Marines onto the streets of Los Angeles is an assault Read More
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