The below piece represents a rough transcription of the speech I recently delivered to the annual donor's conference of the Center for Cultural Leadership in northern California. For more information on the Center, where I serve as Senior Fellow of Economics and Finance, please...
No, the title of this piece is not intended to merely be an attention-grabber; I really, really mean it. I have written a lot of things over the years, and I have (and continue to) felt very strongly about a lot of things. ...
Some of my friends on the right can be excused for wishing that Romney had gone for the throat tonight. Obama practically begged him to on the Libya debacle, and yet Romney didn't take the bait, providing measured, competent, intelligent, reasonable, and dare I...
I had John Fund speak for the Lincoln Club luncheon today, and I wanted to share a few of his thoughts. First and foremost, he is adamant that California CAN be brought back from the abyss (John is, by the way, a native northern. Californian). ...
Voting in California with expectations for good outcomes is often like rooting for Cal to go to the Rose Bowl - you better not expect to end up happy. But of course, it doesn't always HAVE to be that way, and this year more...
I have been off my blogging game as of late, having spent two weeks out of town on business and being a little dizzy. But I plan to get back into a rhythm for the next few weeks. Real quickly, though, a few...
Dear Gov. Romney - I am not one to be overly-critical of campaigns. In 2008, I never joined in on the silly chorus of conservatives who said that "if only McCain had" done this or that; I knew what McCain surely knew - he had...
Republican candidates for national office graciously come to Orange County, CA quite a few times considering they have no chance of getting any votes here whatsoever. We Orange County-ites can not vote for the Senate race in say, South Dakoota, but we can write checks....
If indeed Obama were to defeat Romney, I don't think it will tell us anything other than that the better orator usually wins. Marco Rubio would be up 8 points if he were running right now. Bush was a walking Saturday Night Live skit but...
I put much of this up on Facebook already, but allow me to quickly elaborate on my thoughts regarding Paul Ryan's unbelievable speech at the Republican convention last night. I can honestly say, free of melodrama, that it was one of the best political...
