My suggestion: Shut down the Republican Party in California for four years, then launch a new political party to be called Partido de Accion Nacional Norte (PAN Norte). Depending on what position this party decided to take, I could probably […]
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Rational consideration of “adaptation” for California…
Rational consideration of “adaptation” for California as well as merely quixotic attempts at “prevention.” A great book on this subject, about the British Isles, is Turned Out Nice by Marek Kohn. I don’t know of any equivalent volume of that […]
Urban Bicycling – Or, Another Bicycling Tribe?
Right after I did my post about bicycling cultures, the LA times came out with an article about urban bicycling and designing clothes for it. Trying to use a bicycle for transportation! Imagine that! Well, in the early ‘70s, when […]
The Urban Bike Tribe of Los Angeles
A recent Los Angeles Times article chronicled a showdown between drivers and bicyclists, inspired by the installation of bike lanes and — more significantly — the reduction of auto traffic lanes on a San Fernando Valley boulevard. The change was clearly […]
California Tea, Like California Housing, Evidently Pricey
According to Steven Greenhut, who I admire greatly, even though he is a philosophical Libertarian, one reason the Tea Party has not been so effective in California is that the state, being so large, requires candidates for statewide office to […]
More CA Teens Stay in the Passenger’s Seat
Well, for one thing, kids have other ways of getting out of the house nowadays – into Cyberspace and Facebook, most notably. Related: “More Calif. Teens Stay in the Passenger’s Seat” by Tracey Correa at Fresno Bee.
The Unusually Cool Summer in California Reminds Me…
The unusually cool summer in California reminds me of one of my pet theories: that cold winters drive white Anglos to vote economically “progressive,” whereas cold or cool summers push them to liberalism on social issues. This applies to overall […]
Poll Shows ‘Sea Change’ in Californians’ Attitudes Toward Illegal Immigration
I personally favor some restrictions, but from a political view you can not win office by running against immigrants any more than Sitting Bull could have won the presidency campaigning against the white man. Yes, the average Californian is 30 […]
In Which I Make Pompous Suggestions Concerning Transit in Los Angeles
Source: LA Metropolitan Transportation Authority Anyone looking at a map of the LA Metro notices that it is an East Side phenomenon – the westernmost point it reaches on the coastal side of the hills is Hollywood and Highland. It […]
Native is Now Normal
I am of such an advanced age (let’s just say that my current age was a favorite number of the Babylonians!) that for me to announce that I was a native Californian was to claim something rather special and unusual. […]