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On Competence: The Failure of the Administrative Class

May 11, 2024 9:00 amMay 11, 2024 9:01 am

The administrative class – at all levels, in all organizations – portrays itself as indispensable. Nothing would get done without the smooth operation of the internal mechanics of a company, a government agency, any group you care to mention. Tasks...

Toddler Testing COVID Shots: There May Be a Clinical Trial Near You

March 9, 2024 9:33 amMarch 9, 2024 9:33 am

“Mommy, can I be a COVID lab rat?” That is a request most parents will never hear and it is a request that very few parents would ever want to hear. But, unlike the more typical “can I have a...

Sudden Deaths of Vaxxed Athletes, Students, Pilots, Military, but Why No Politicians?

February 14, 2024 2:55 amFebruary 15, 2024 7:32 am

Isn’t it extraordinary that we see daily reports of young athletes, high school and college students, college athletes, pilots, members of the military and others dropping dead suddenly? Yet we aren’t seeing this same “died suddenly” phenomenon, as it is...

The Cult of Safety

February 7, 2024 2:11 pmFebruary 7, 2024 2:11 pm

It was the 1970s. Dry cleaning bags lurked quietly behind couches waiting patiently for the opportunity to pounce on the hapless child who dropped a Lego nearby. Unguarded five-gallon buckets stood brazenly in the middle of basement floors hoping to...

About Next Year… Through a Glass Darkly…

January 1, 2024 8:15 amJanuary 1, 2024 8:15 am

Instead of About Last Year, we thought the literal turning of the page on 2023 called for a look forward to 2024. 2023 was good for some, not good for others, just like any year ever. But it was so...

The Pandemic Is Over: Then Why Are There So Many More Californians Dying?

December 30, 2023 2:55 amDecember 30, 2023 8:34 am

Note – the numbers used below are rounded for simplicity and come from state and federal sources. COVID has claimed about 105,000 lives in the state since 2020. In that same time period, 82,000 more Californians died from everything else...

Small Business Owner Still Fighting Los Angeles COVID-era Eviction Ban

December 14, 2023 7:05 amDecember 14, 2023 7:05 am

In August, California property owners scored a victory at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. But their battle is far from over. In an important ruling, the court reinstated Howard Iten’s legal challenge to Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 temporary eviction...