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How The Tobacco Companies Should Spend Their Money

  • California
June 2, 2012July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Once again, in the debate over California’s Proposition 29, the tobacco companies seem to have all the money in the world, even though relatively few people smoke nowadays.  Under the circumstances, I don’t shed much of a tear for them. […]

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Marijuana In Public Spaces

  • Culture
February 9, 2012July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

While I find the odor of marijuana a little less offensive than that of tobacco, a lot of people don’t, and I think the same standard should be applied to marijuana in public spaces as to tobacco. Related: “Marijuana dropped […]

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Proposition 13 — The Good and Bad

  • California
February 5, 2012August 18, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

As I’ve said before, the famous part of Proposition 13 – the part that protected existing homeowners from being gouged by their own rising home values – should be kept.  Large cash taxes, when cash or liquid assets are not […]

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On the Whole Postmodern in Law and Economics Thing

  • Economics
January 18, 2012July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Victor Davis Hanson, in this attached essay, claims that President Obama has a postmodern vision of law. I am not necessarily going to argue that point. I have maintained, already, that President Obama has what I call an allergy to […]

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How To Talk About Abortion in California: Accentuate The Positive

  • California
August 16, 2011July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I think it’s OK to be pro-life in California politics.  I am not planning to run for office. The notorious Oscar Wilde is rumored to have said, “The problem with socialism is that it will take up too many evenings;” […]

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Tort Reform and Avoiding Lawyers: Good and Bad Ways To Do It

  • Politics
April 6, 2011June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

One of the features of our legal system is that if an organization or business rips you off for $3 million, it’s pretty easy to get justice, but if it rips you off for $30, you’re out of luck unless […]

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The Courage Factor

  • Politics
April 1, 2011July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The Economist on Obama’s general lack of courage.  He campaigned on ‘audacity’ and ‘we can’ but it looks like we don’t.  Remember you heard it first here on Blue Kennel.  I hadn’t quite thought of ‘allergy to antithesis’ in terms of […]

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