The Orange County Transportation Corridor Agencies, dominated by local Republican politicians such as Jerry Amante (“Toll Road Jerry”) of Tustin and Orange County Supervisors Pat Bates and Chris Norby, has announced that tolls on the 73, 241, 261, and 133…
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For Memorial Day, 2009: The Lesson of the Four Chaplains, 1943
by Michael D. Fox • • Comments Off
When I was child, my father, a World War II Navy veteran, taught me the story of the four chaplains of the USAT Dorchester. I thought of the four chaplains during the presidential election when I listened to former Secretary…
Foreclosure King Rules Orange County Republican Party
by Michael D. Fox • • 9 Comments
With Orange County’s real estate and mortgage industry-driven economy in shambles and local home foreclosures on the rise, you might think that our Republican politicians would want to distance themselves from those who are profiting from the misery of Orange…
Shameless Republican Hypocrisy: OC Supervisor Pat Bates Takes Credit for Obama Stimulus Package
by Michael D. Fox • • 1 Comment
“And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.†Edmund Burke, Thoughts and Details on Scarcity You might think that Orange County’s Republican elected officials would be…
The Trial of John Yoo
by Michael D. Fox • • 4 Comments
I have just returned from a debate on presidential power at Chapman University Law School. In retrospect, the event should more properly have been called “The Trial of John Yoo.†And strikingly, it was Yoo who cast himself in the…
Could You Have Killed Nick Adenhart?
by Michael D. Fox • • 2 Comments
The death this month of 22-year-old Los Angeles Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart – killed by a drunk driver just hours after making a spectacular season debut – has lead to outrage against drunk driving in general and in particular…
Democrats Should Be Joining the Tea Parties
by Michael D. Fox • • 10 Comments
Democrats are responding to the growing nationwide phenomena of anti-tax “tea parties†protests by mocking them and by pointing out that they are prompted and run by right-wing organizations. Neither response is a winning political strategy. It is pure political stupidity…
