Women of the Oak Savannahs Opener

Scene from remains of the Valley Fire, Lake County, California September 16, 2015 Napa Valley High aloft the aerialist gripped the climbing rope. Beyond a brownish orange sun went lost in a smoke filled sky. Helicopters, Super-Huey’s thump-thump-thumped eastward to the front. In the tumult of the still out of control wildfire the aerialist startled […]

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Fairer Trade… Looks Like This

Where the Ploys Are… “Income distribution characteristics” is a term to describe how a free trade agreement alters how and where money flows in an economy. It may be true that a new trade deal increases the total amount of money being exchanged between two trade partners, but it may also be true that more […]

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The Empty Vessel

Democracy is an empty vessel. The blanks must be filled in. Want to slow or stop immigration? Do you want low taxes, less regulation and globalize manufacturing and trade? Perhaps more home schooling and charter schools and scrap universities altogether and simply ramp up vocational career schooling. The stock markets of the world are a […]

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Long Hops and Short Stops

“My flight down to Cancun was a little bumpy, but the water landing was very smooth. By the time I swam to shore and got out of my wet clothes and hat a shot of tequila it was like wow… here I am.” The shift is on. I return to San Francisco tomorrow. I have […]

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End Stupid Stop Stubborn

  More Off the Cuff Links… We take you to the streets of London where students are marching for, “No tuition fees! No education cuts! No debt!” Let’s go to Milwaukee where what passes for progress we have this pathetic excuse for policy being implemented. Sorry folks we can’t get to the new economy everyone is talking […]

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