Municipal Mismanagement

What has lead to the rush of bankruptcies driving cities into the red sea of undivided indebtedness? Pension costs, for one. San Jose will be reduced to two employees writing paychecks for the remaining seven thousand who have retired. A city with no public safety or...

Saunders Sounds Off on Death Penalty

I have chosen to resist the Death Penalty as a viable option for punishing offenders, even the worst kind. Yet San Francisco Chronicle columnist Debra Saunders has offered a sound argument for keeping the death penalty: a strong bargaining chip to force heinous...

Deasy Gives Breezy Pep Talk

"Setting an ambitious agenda for the new school year, Superintendent John Deasy urged Los Angeles Unified teachers to continue efforts to boost students achievement, and also vowed to get them the computers needed to get the job done." Ambition in one...

Refuting the Challenges to Ryan's VP Nom

Congressman Paul Ryan: Above the Media Smears http://news.yahoo.com/5-things-mitt-doesnt-want-know-paul-ryan-162758609.html Following Romney's selection of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate, the media wasted no time in evaluating the Chairman of...