California Author Warns Against ‘Immoderate Greatness’
Author William Ophuls is a California native and former U.S. Foreign Service officer who also taught political science at Northwestern University. Through... Read More
Mass Immigration to California: Creating Utopia or Dystopia?
Whether mass immigration is putting California on the highway to hell or the stairway to heaven all depends on whom you ask,... Read More
Don’t Give up on California!
Disappointment with the California legislature and Governor Brown as this legislative session closed has been palpable. The legislature passed, and Gov. Brown... Read More
Is Overpopulation Still Taboo?
A recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle was like a flashback to the 1970s for me because it openly linked population... Read More
Untrustworthy Politicians
The title for my commentary may for many appear redundant, but in California there is more than a bit of irony involved.... Read More
AB 4, a Gift to California’s Criminal Aliens, Heads to Brown’s Desk
On September 10, in a shocking attempt to undermine public safety and to erode federal immigration law enforcement, the California Assembly passed... Read More
Endangered: California Living
A crowded classroom in which your child is not getting the attention he needs. A dustbowl in Central Valley where there once... Read More
California Prison Early Release Plan Won't Be Delayed, Supreme Court Rules
The title for my commentary was borrowed from the news report that was posted August 2, 2013, by the Huffington Post. While... Read More
A Day at the Beach in California May Include a Meet-Up with Drug Smugglers, Human Traffickers
Summer beach vacations in California may include some unpleasant surprises, namely, stumbling across marijuana loads that smugglers have dropped off along the... Read More
Firefighter Deaths in Arizona Explosive wildfire just the proximate cause
The recent deaths of 19 elite firefighters – the "Granite Mountain Hotshots" – based in Prescott, Arizona, underscore the challenging demographic and climatic... Read More