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Jerry Brown expresses satisfaction with CA’s 24% poverty rate
If you live in a state that has by far the highest effective poverty rate in the U.S. — at just under one-quarter of the population — you would seem unlikely to express satisfaction with the economics status quo. But
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Death, taxes and state incompetence with computer projects
There are fewer sure things in life than the likelihood the California state government will screw up a computer project. We may be home to Silicon Valley and the greatest concentration of information-technology skills in the world, but once a
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Shakedown street: Jesse Jackson targets Silicon Valley — again
However one feels about the growing fuss over white and Asian dominance of U.S. tech work forces, there are some fundamental facts to consider, starting with: African-American students are less likely to graduate college with degrees in high-tech fields. This
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Will CA GOP emerge as defenders of embattled techies, tech firms?
Is the present anti-Google, anti-techie agitation in the Bay Area a reflection of anger over how affluent tech workers have driven up rent and reinflated the housing bubble? Or is it a harbinger of broader anger over how California technology
Read More‘Techno-militarization’ seen in CA alarms tech intellectuals
The NSA scandal and the increasing use of technology to police and monitor all Americans, not just suspected terrorists around the world and in our midst, is a growing worry in Silicon Valley. CEOs fret that U.S. tech firms will
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Why CA’s going to thrive: nanotech, biotech and, in particular, Google
I will always remember 2013 as the year that I became a downright-giddy optimist about California’s future. Regardless of the massive incompetence and (mostly legal) corruption of its government leaders, the Golden State is going to be saved by its
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Investigating the CA Delta
Before attending an event for the Pacific Research Institute, CalWatchdog.com’s parent think tank, earlier this month I drove around two areas of California I had not been to: the Delta and Silicon Valley. California is such a vast state that
Read MoreTX oil production soars as CA drops
July 11, 2013 By John Seiler Energy production jobs are good, middle-class manufacturing jobs. Texas is reveling in the creation of such jobs. California is against them, favoring instead two kinds of jobs: high-tech jobs for those with IQs higher
Read MoreLatest taxpayer-subsidized green fiasco is based in Anaheim
April 25, 2013 By Chris Reed The latest Californa-based green energy fiasco took center stage in the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform on Wednesday. It is Anaheim-based Fisker Automotive. This is from the Washington Post’s Wonkblog: “It’s time
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MSNBC-style media on the bandwagon for bullet-train farce
April 8, 2013 By Chris Reed When a friend urged me to check out the edition of “Dan Rather Reports” on high-speed rail in the U.S. that aired last month on Mark Cuban’s AXS.TV, I figured it would be good
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