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Lost Angeles: LA Ranks the Worst for Quality of Life in Record-Low UCLA Survey

April 20, 2026 12:39 pmApril 20, 2026 12:39 pm

Los Angeles County residents have delivered a damning verdict on life in America’s second-largest city: quality of life has hit rock bottom under the watch of Mayor Karen Bass and a string of failed progressive policies. According to the...

Chef Andrew Gruel: Fixing Southern California’s Small Business Climate

June 17, 2024 2:45 amJune 17, 2024 2:46 am

The old saying, “As California goes, so goes the nation” has become an ominous warning for the rest of America. Progressive policies implemented by a supermajority in the Legislature and a sycophantic governor who believes he is destined to become...

Nation Sours on California…

February 16, 2024 2:35 amFebruary 16, 2024 7:50 am

The California Dream is dead – even people who don’t live here know that now. A poll commissioned by the Los Angeles Times shows that the residents of the other 49 states no longer see the Golden State as all...

Ex Uno Plures: The Destruction of the Common Frame of Reference

October 9, 2023 12:14 pm

E Pluribus Unum – out of many, one. That has been the national aspiration since its founding – creating commonality while exulting individuality, building an expansive framework within which the people can thrive. In other words, creating common frames of...

The Confidence to Repair California

September 12, 2023 2:30 amSeptember 12, 2023 2:31 am

Many things in life take confidence and many times confidence is misplaced. More specifically, fixing something – anything, really – takes confidence in that it will be worth the effort, that deciding to spend time and energy to repair a...

The California Whimper

April 5, 2023 5:01 pmApril 9, 2023 5:06 am

WAs the glint of the Golden State – rub worn by misdirection, doubt, and fear – fades just another little bit each day and its diminishment to darkness slinks on cat feet over the Sierras to hollow out a once...

Gov. Newsom Highlights ‘Return, Restore, Rebuild’ In State Of The State Letter

March 23, 2023 2:30 amMarch 23, 2023 2:31 am

Governor Gavin Newsom released his annual State of the State letter, following his recent Tour of the State of California, outlining what he plans to do in California in the next year. While the Governor was broad on most points, he...