I had to travel to Stinking Bakersfield again yesterday for work. This caused me a few moments of apprehension because much of the snow and ice in the Antelope Valley has not yet been cleared. Again, for those of you… Continue Reading
Historically, we get snow here in the desert about every three years. It snowed in the hills yesterday and the day before, but today it has penetrated to the floor of the valley and we’re in about three inches right… Continue Reading
Saturday night, The Wife and I went to LACMA and met up with our friend, who works as a curator there. Her work is in the contemporary exhibits and I’ve had difficulty with contemporary art in the past. I found… Continue Reading
In California’s 4th Congressional district, Democrat Charlie Brown conceded a loss by about 1,300 votes to Tom McClintock. I’ve always like McClintock for his tough-as-steel stance against increasing government spending and fiscal responsibility. (The anti-abortion stuff, not so much, but… Continue Reading
I found this bit of political mail that I got recently to be particularly annoying, because I fundamentally agree with the point being made, but it bothers me that the authors of the mailer feel the need to distort the… Continue Reading
So yesterday, The Wife and I were in the car, driving to go meet our friends for a nice dinner and an evening at a play — a luxurious sort of event. More about the play later. Anyway, we groomed… Continue Reading
Here’s my idea. We need 121 people, from all over the state. The only qualification is that you must be a Californian and willing to see the experiment through to its concusion. Democrats, Republicans, and others are all invited; indeed,… Continue Reading
Driving to a mediation today, I had to go through the fire zone in the Newhall Pass. This looks like it was a hot, fast fire — a lot of trees are charred and clearly dead, but still standing up.… Continue Reading
Some interesting ideas in today’s Fish Wrapper about changing the way initiatives are handled in California. I tend to agree that initiatives are abused in the form of too frequently doing an end run around the legislative process.* In theory.… Continue Reading
In a comment a few days ago, a Reader asked if my observation about Black voters causing Prop. 8 to pass can legitimately be expanded to say that such people are actually socially conservative. The metric, it was suggested, was… Continue Reading