As the GOP assembles in Tampa, the Business Roundtable is joining the corporate chorus complaining about the “burden” and “uncertainty” of government action to remove toxic...
On May 12, 1998, Danny Keysar, a 16-and-one-half-months-old toddler, was strangled at his licensed childcare facility in a Chicago neighborhood. Danny was killed by a...
The London Olympics starting in two weeks will be an enormous logistical and security challenge for the city. More than four million people are expected to...
I just received my my latest 401k quarterly statement and the following was printed on the front. Is this what they mean by “job killing government...
The young lifeguard, Tomas Lopez, who was fired recently for saving a life, is now being honored by the South Florida city of Hallandale Beach as...
The 1936 Republican presidential candidate, Alf Landon, based his bid to defeat FDR on repealing Social Security. In a campaign speech Landon promised: “We must repeal....
Few American institutions have been subjected to such a consistent stream of vitriol and assault as the minimum wage, which celebrates its 74th birthday this week....
Economic development in Arizona is now by corporations for corporations and the public is left to in the dark as to how its tax dollars are...
The SEC is dragging its feet implementing a section of the Dodd-Frank reform that would require publicly traded companies to calculate the ratio between the CEO’s...
The Supreme Court’s deliberation on the Affordable Care Act goes to the heart of differing visions of the American concept of “freedom” and “liberty.” It’s a...
El Segundo city manager Doug Willmore didn’t know who he was messing with. In January, 2012 the L.A. Times reported that El Segundo, home to a...
Sometimes a simple statement can provide a window onto a worldview; in this case, the arrogance of privilege. The City of El Segundo, home to a...
Two hundred and thirty six years ago, in January 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, the wildly popular pamphlet that made the case for American freedom...
An apple a day and eating your peas led to good health, we once thought. Now, according to major food manufacturers, fruits and vegetables are “job...
Zoos are complex places — literally. Each time I enter one, I’m filled with a nagging ambivalence between competing views and emotions. On one hand, I...