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May 17, 2012
By John Seiler
Why do young nerds angling to be the next Steve Jobs still flock to Silicon Valley? That's where Mark Zuckerberg transplanted Facebook, which he started in his Harvard dorm room. Facebook's IPO this week pegs its value at around $100 billion.
But the Facebook own...
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May 17, 2012
By John Seiler
Free countries let their people leave at will.
Tyrannies don't let people out without special permission. And if they let anyone leave, they first rob them.
A good contrast is North Korea, a tyranny that bans leaving; and South Korea, a free country that let's...
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May 17, 2012
By Katy Grimes
Like a woman with a shopping addiction, California politicians are going to bankrupt the Golden State. California has a $16 billion deficit, a $4.6 billion budget spending increase since January, a credit rating which will probably be lowered and a big fat $10 billi...
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May 17, 2012
By John Hrabe
Following public outcry over six-figure pay raises handed out to top executives, the California State University Board of Trustees approved a plan last week to shift future pay hikes from taxpayer funds to nonprofit auxiliary foundations. The decision effectively fre...
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May 16, 2012
By Katy Grimes
With cities all over the state closing community swimming pools because of budget cuts, a California lawmaker is pushing a bill requiring owners of public swimming pools to employ a "pool operator."
California politicians have made it very clear that the resi...
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