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Editorials and columns

The “son of Prop A ” is a repeat of history

Raise your hand if you remember the 1994 statewide vote on Proposal A which produced property tax relief with a corresponding hike in the state sales tax? For those of you who were politically asleep or young chickens at the time, it was an historic moment in state history. With the state ...

Trump is right on gas-powered cars

President Trump likes to tout his accomplishments, and saving the gas-powered car should be high on the list. The president is ending a lunatic government campaign against the internal combustion engine, one of the defining mechanisms of our age. This uneconomical push for electric ...

The Welcome Demise of Climate Change Catastrophism

Is the American Left finally waking up from its decadeslong climate catastrophism stupor? For years, climate alarmism has reigned as political catechism: The planet is burning, and only drastic action -- deindustrialization, draconian regulation, even ceasing childbearing -- could forestall ...

Closing the Door on Immigration? Not Yet

Can the United States come up with an immigration policy that will prove sustainable? Two writers whom I respect and take delight in reading, despite their widely differing views, Tyler Cowen, who favors more immigration, and Christopher Caldwell, who favors less, have their doubts. Both, ...

At War With Cartels

I am very willing to criticize President Donald Trump. From tariffs to some of his pardons to his behavior, I am not willing to serve as an apologist or yes-man. He is surrounded by those who will not truly challenge him. We all know the difference between superficial pretenses of pushback and ...

Let’s have a party

Let’s have a party. We’ll invite people we’re comfortable with and throw a party we can take home after it’s over, continuing the relief from a lack of rhythm, and the wrong turns and false starts by performers who pop wheelies off slippery surfaces. We should invite both young and ...