Uber hits pothole in experiment with self-driving cars
Uber’s experiment with self-driving cars on the streets of San Francisco has come to a complete stop. The ride ended last Wednesday after just one week, when the California Department of Motor Vehicles...
View ArticleState suffers from climate of litigiousness
California’s litigation climate remains one of the worst in the country. The state came in second in this year’s “Judicial Hellholes” report by the American Tort Reform Foundation. California has...
View ArticleO.C. Sheriff’s Department must stop dragging its feet on snitch scandal
Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals recently warned that he might soon find Sheriff Sandra Hutchens in contempt of court for the prolonged lag in the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s compliance...
View ArticlePentagon brass try to bury their waste
It is hardly even news anymore when another report comes out detailing waste and inefficiency at the Pentagon. But when it was revealed that military leaders who had pressed for a study had a change of...
View ArticleHuge expansion of U.S. military spending in offing
On Dec. 22, President-elect Donald Trump startled the worldwide community of arms-control experts with a message on Twitter. He wrote, “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear...
View ArticleExpose snitch truth to fix justice system
Governments are fundamentally entrusted with the responsibility to protect the rights of individuals, developing and upholding the rule of law for the betterment of the public at large. When rights are...
View ArticleObama’s failed policy on Israel
Try as he might this late in the game, President Obama’s Israel policy should go down in history as a failure. Although some of the worst accusations against him claim that the president’s failure is...
View ArticleHiring Holder ratchets up political stakes
Eric Holder is bringing his talents to the Golden State. In a stark sign of the rising stakes in California’s brewing battle against the incoming Trump administration, President Obama’s former attorney...
View ArticleTrump should ramp up ISIS fight wisely
The Defense Department is preparing plans that would enable President-elect Donald Trump to ramp up the conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria as soon as he assumes office. On the stump,...
View ArticleCalifornia GOP should embrace open primary system
Eye brows should instantly rise whenever the politicians within both the Democratic and Republican parties oppose a particular political reform. Politicians – especially incumbents – don’t like...
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