Archive for June 2025

Say NO to Gabby Chavez-Lopez

It’s not just the riots. Dear Fellow Conservative, I’m livid. I’m frustrated. I’m appalled.   And if you feel the same way about what’s happening in California right now, then I need you to join my campaign. Because after days of rioting, looting, chaos, and violence in Los Angeles, Governor Gavin Newsom finally addressed California and…

We hope to see you and your friends at the SCBA mixer on the rooftop at Covale in Gilroy TODAY at 5:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.   No need to RSVP.   

Photo by Cineluxe Postcards by Elle blog wonders if 21st century culture’s forgotten the value of boredom—silent contemplation of the mundane, subtle, and natural. Maybe it’s because we’re constantly bombarded with technological stimulation and comm’s, especially in Silicon Valley. Or that it’s become too easy to satisfy our every desire. But it’s time to bring…

Image by Edgar Luinni Though it’s getting a lot of heat lately—and rightly so—in the Bay Area. The phenomenal Mises Institute reviews Patrick Newman’s 2021 book Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America—highlighting the ever-relevant clash between libertarianism and elite greed in local governance. Patrick Newman dedicates Cronyism to Murray Rothbard, and it is a…

Image by Choose901 Today’s media in the Valley often forgets that it’s not about speed, or flashiness; in fact, there’s a special reward for running with purpose, strategy, and patience—perhaps better than “first place.” NYT’s beautiful ode to journalism—all things slow and profound—follows. Before the field had hit the far turn at the Preakness Stakes…

Photo by PickPik A blistering audit reveals the manifold ways (no uniform data standards or real-time oversight) that gov’t and nonprofit organizations avoid basic accountability for how they spend taxpayer money. LAist uncovers the mess. L.A. city officials have made it impossible to accurately track homelessness spending, in large part by outsourcing to an agency…

Photo by Altered Reality on StockSnap The standard journalistic narrative is that local, statewide, and national politics is unduly influenced by big business. But much data suggests that, in fact, the opposite is true. Eitan Hersh explores in Annual Review of Political Science. What role do business leaders play in American democracy? Business leaders are…