Our View: Biden on right track with ‘right to fix’
On July 9, President Joe Biden signed an executive order aimed at “promoting competition in the American economy.” It’s a big goal, and it’s a big executive order, consisting of 72 different initiatives across a dozen federal agencies. Beefed-up antitrust enforcement is the administration’s focus. Whether cracking down on corporate mergers and other allegedly monopolistic Read More →
Opinion: A better way to pay for carbon emissions
By Marcus Thomson The recent extreme heat in the Western United States and Canada is remarkable. But events like these are made more likely, and more severe, because of the contribution of greenhouse gas emissions to climate change. We should expect the consequences to be far-reaching, with mainly negative impacts on land and ocean ecosystems, Read More →
Opinion: After 75 years, the best is yet to come for French Hospital in SLO
By Alan Iftiniuk After one of the most challenging years the health care industry has ever faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, French Hospital Medical Center has reason to celebrate. The facility has reached a significant milestone: serving the community of San Luis Obispo County for 75 years. In 1946, Edison French, MD, set out Read More →
Our View: Water wars continue to shake Ventura County
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Opinion: 4 questions answered about the Supreme Court striking down California’s nonprofit donor disclosure requirements
By Dana Brakman Reiser, Brooklyn Law School The Supreme Court tossed out a California law requiring nonprofits to report their major donors to state officials. In a 6-3 ruling, the court said the law, intended to fight fraud, subjected donors to potential harassment and violated their First Amendment rights. Dana Brakman Reiser, a legal scholar Read More →
Opinion: Poor communication has many financial clients playing darts in the dark
By John Grace Does this sound familiar to you? • 71% of people are worried about the rising costs of healthcare. • 67% worry about rising costs of living. • 66% are afraid market downturns will affect their savings. • Only 1/3 have broached the subject with their advisor. These are the findings of The Read More →
Our View: Reagan Library talks paint a vision for GOP
What happens at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley does not happen by accident.It is no accident that the library itself is on a hill like the crow’s nest on a ship, pointing the way to future. The choice of post-2020 election speakers at the library is no accident either. From former House Read More →
