November 12, 2024
November 12, 2024

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Survey Fever Public Reports

The day before the election is here. Our SurveyFever.com tracking study followed the seven targeted swing states for President and the eight toss-up states in the US Senate. With the final study now completed we are ready to project winners for tomorrow’s races in our weekly tracking studies. Donald Trump

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Standing Up For Our Values

This past week I wrote a short note to some neighbors requesting that they consider removing their front yard Halloween display that has a witch lowering a little girl headfirst into a boiling cauldron of water. The thrust of the note was that some things simply are not funny

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Survey Fever

Survey Fever Public Reports

The Trump momentum continues to gain support in the swing states but is slowing down. Trump/Vance now lead Harris/Walz in five of the seven targeted swing states according to SurveyFever.com. The remaining states of MI and WI are virtually tied at 48 all. Trump is now ahead according to the

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

A Threshold of Respect

The theme of this column is treating all people with a threshold of respect. So I begin by adding one more story about my wonderful and even heroic father, Federal District Judge William P. Gray. (I hope you remember and utilize his comment that “You have every right to

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Effectively Reducing Homelessness

While on my recent vacation I read a book written by four members of the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) entitled NO WAY HOME: The Crisis of Homelessness and How to Fix It with Intelligence and Humanity (Encounter Books). And the title says it all. In that regard I hope

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Survey Fever

Survey Fever Public Reports

The Trump momentum continues to close the gap on the swing states. Trump/Vance are now leading Harris/Walz in five of the seven targeted swing states according to SurveyFever.com. The remaining states of MI and PA are both tied at 48 all. Trump has now taken the lead and is in

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Survey Fever

Survey Fever Public Reports

The Trump momentum continues. Trump/Vance are now leading Harris/Walz in four of the seven targeted swing states according to SurveyFever.com. The remaining states of WI, MI and PA are all within a narrow one-point percentage. If Trump can take the lead in any one of these three remaining targeted swing

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Survey Fever

Survey Fever Public Reports

Looking at this week’s tracking study, the momentum for Trump has continued. In particular North Carolina, which showed a major change of direction as Trump has now taken the lead in that state. Nevada has been added to the Presidential tracking study this week, with Trump ahead in Nevada. The

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Appreciation

I just returned from a reunion of my Class of 1962 at John Muir High School in Pasadena. Since pretty much all of us are or soon will be 80 years old our reunion was called our class’s 80th Birthday Party. And what a good time we had! Of course

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Survey Fever

Survey Fever Public Reports

For this week of the Jack News sponsored SurveyFever.com tracking studies we see the Michigan race for President tighten. Harris has a slight half a point advantage over Trump. In both Arizona and Georgia Trump has grown stronger to increase his lead over Harris beyond the margin of error. Harris

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Gierach Drug Policy Declaration

Some of the best people I have ever met in my life have come from my involvement in trying to help our country change its drug policy. One of those people is my friend James E. (Jim) Gierach, who is a former state prosecutor in Illinois and director of

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Survey Fever

Survey Fever Public Reports

This week’s tracking study was consistent with the previous week for the Jack News sponsored SurveyFever.com studies. Trump shows strength in two of the six targeted swing states, while Harris maintains her position in the other four. Trumps support in Arizona and Georgia has remained consistent after capturing the lead

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

The Right Thing For The Right Reason

When I was seeking to become a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles part of the application process was to emphasize that, as a prosecutor, we were always to try to “Do the Right Thing for the Right Reason – Every Time!” If we made a mistake along the way,

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Survey Fever

Survey Fever Public Reports

Donald Trump’s momentum continues during the fourth week of the Jack News sponsored SurveyFever.com tracking study. Trump is leading in two of the six targeted swing states, Arizona and Georgia. Harris leads in the other four targeted swing states. Although Harris’s lead is within the margin of error in Michigan,

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Let The Free Market Do It

There is an old saying that “In politics reality is irrelevant; it is only the voters’ perception of reality that matters.” And, regretfully, I believe that this is true. So when we have a housing shortage and people are homeless, many voters naturally look to the government for a

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Survey Fever

Survey Fever Public Reports

Donald Trump is back on top in Georgia, by one percent, but the larger story is all of the tracked Presidential races are narrowing to within the margin of error, except North Carolina. This shows a slight move in Trump’s direction this last week across the board. In our tracked

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

A Tiny Bit of Praise

As I have told you before, about five years ago I was on the syndicated radio show called “Coast to Coast” with George Noory discussing criminal justice issues. Soon thereafter I received letters from twelve men who are incarcerated in various prisons all around the country, so I started

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Survey Fever

Survey Fever Public Reports

The second week of the Jack News sponsored tracking study by SurveyFever.com shows some change. The Georgia Presidential race is now neck and neck. Whereas last week Trump was ahead slightly. In all other tracked states Harris maintains the lead. In the US Senate race in West Virginia, the Republican

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Kelly Ward

Where Is Chicken Little When We Need Her The Most?

The sky is falling. Again. Our modern day Chicken Little comes with a robust data set, a not so simple economic model, and the staff of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Budget Model. In late 2023, each issued a US Federal Government budget forecast

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Survey Fever

Survey Fever Public Reports

Today, marks the start of a weekly tracking study sponsored by Jack News. It will last until the November election. This study of the the most highly contested US Senate and swing Presidential races by state, should prove to be enlightening and entertaining. The jacknews.net is pleased to join surveyfever.com

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Curious

Happily many people from widely different backgrounds and experiences have reached the same conclusions that I have about the failure of our country’s policy of Drug Prohibition. One of them is Ms. Christina Dent who lives with her young family in Mississippi. Ms. Dent has written a book entitled CURIOUS:

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Ron Nielson

Donald Trump the Populist President (re-post)

Our nation has grown so used to the notion of the ideological president that it has become impossible for some segments of the American people to see that, in fact, Donald Trump might not fit that mold. The two most recent occupants of the Oval Office, Barack Obama and George

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Questions to Stimulate Thought

As is said routinely, the purpose of this column is to stimulate thought and discussion. So in that pursuit I am passing along to you, with permission, a list of issues that one of our 2 Paragraphs Family members shared with me. Good stimulating questions, don’t you think? And please

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Being Choked By Regulations

The first paragraph of the article entitled “Rationales for New Regulation” in the Summer 2024 edition of Regulation: The CATO Review of Business and Government, reads as follows: “By any measure, US federal regulation is big business. Year after year, hundreds of thousands of employees at 70-plus regulatory agencies

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Drug Prohibition Kills People

Page one of the July 24-30, 2024 edition of The Epoch Times featured an article entitled “Mothers Blame China, Cartels” with the subtitle of “Fentanyl is ‘weapon of mass destruction’ destroying families.” Of course there are many people in the world who will try to make easy money by selling

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

The Healing Power of Federalism

To state the obvious, today our Great Nation is in many ways divided and even polarized. How can we address and overcome this difficulty? Through the healing power of Federalism. And what is that? It institutes two levels of government: one for the entire country (the federal government) that is

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

The Biggest Threat To Our Country

In my view, the most dangerous threat to our safety and security is not the possibility of being invaded by another country, terrorist actions by any of the world’s radical elements, climate change or even nuclear war. Instead, the greatest threat facing the safety of our country is a weak

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

UC Irvine Is Committed

Years ago, 23 men committed offenses that resulted in their eventually being committed to R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, which is a state prison for men in San Diego near the Mexican border. But now those men have received their Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California at Irvine! Amazingly, they

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Too Much Government

The June 12, 2024 edition of the Orange County Register told us that the State of California has more than 220,000 full-time employees!~ Of course, that is in addition to hundreds of thousands of government employees at the municipal level, as well as many more who are employed by California’s

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

More On The Minimum Wage

I have never seen a stronger argument against the minimum wage laws than the one published in the May 8, 2024 edition of the Orange County Register written by Faryal Ahsan and Austin Hamilton. These students cited statistics to show that California has the highest numbers of homeless in the

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Our System of Justice

We as judges we have two critically important mandates. The first is to do Justice based upon the facts and law of the case and the ethics of our profession. But the second is equally important, and that is for anyone who cares to believe that Justice has been done.

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Wasteful Federal Programs

Thomas Jefferson was quoted as saying that “We need a revolution every 20 years just to keep the government honest.” He is right, and we now in many ways have a “dishonest” government to prove it. How can I say that? Because without that revolution (which does not have to

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Single-Payer Healthcare is a Trap

One of my all-time heroes, Dr. Milton Friedman, once said that we should judge our programs by their results, not their good intentions. In an earlier 2 Paragraphs edition I discussed this in relationship to minimum wage laws, saying that it was far more productive for a society to have

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Legalized Prostitution

The idea that “Laws Reflect Society’s Values? is basically true. But it is also true that, in many ways, “We Can’t Legislate Morality.” So in writing last week’s edition of our 2 paragraphs about Costa Rica requiring school uniforms, it started me thinking about other programs in Costa Rica. And

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Monthly Stipends vs. The Welfare System

People are beginning to think about and discuss incentives! Good! At last! Why is that? Because, as one of my true heroes Dr. Milton Friedman often said, “Incentives matter!” To explain further, he also said, “You get more of what you subsidize and less of what you tax.” And today

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

School Uniforms

When I went into the Peace Corps in Costa Rica to teach Physical Education to high school students I requested to be placed in the smallest town in the country that had a high school. And that’s where I was sent. So I spent two years in Palmar Norte, which

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Wisdom Starts With Mentoring

British Journalist Miles Kington purportedly said “Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” That probably defines the difference between knowledge and wisdom as well as can be done. But how does one obtain wisdom? Mentoring by us older folk

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Trump Gag Order Conundrum

We have all been aware of the New York trial court judge’s threat to impose a Gag Order on former President Donald Trump. But we should also be aware of the complicated issues surrounding this situation! From the beginning of my judicial career back in judges’ college in 1984 the

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

End All Taxes on Social Security

Here is a great idea that I have lifted from Wayne Allyn Root, who was the Libertarian candidate for Vice President in 2008: Candidates should run on a platform of ending all taxes on Social Security. Why? Focus upon this: workers have been required, often for many decades, to pay

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

The Process Is Critical

Like many of you, recently I have been reading about a federal judge declaring illegal a revised version of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants who were brought to this country at an early age. I believe that People of

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Attacks Upon Our Liberties

As most of you are probably aware, today is the 22nd anniversary of the violent attack upon our country by Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda group – truly an act of war. What you may not be familiar with is the book Fool’s Errand: Time to End the

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Happy Birthday Adam Smith

According to Reason Magazine this year is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith, who is considered by many to be history’s strongest spokesperson for the Free Market. For example, Adam Smith wrote in his famous book entitled Wealth of Nations: “By means of glasses, hotbeds, and hotwalls,

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Freedom Lies in Being Bold

According to the Pacific Legal Foundation, when American poet Robert Frost was being interviewed on a 1952 television show, he said that he preferred to spend time with people who have “a definite personality.” In fact the best trait in people, Frost went on, “is taut boldness.” This is

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Incentives Matter

Toward the end of the 18th century, England began sending convicts to Australia. The transportation was privately provided but publicly funded. But a lot of convicts died along the way from disease due to overcrowding, poor nutrition and little or no medical treatment. In fact, between 1790 and 1792, 12%

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Inclusion Through Better Policies

I am writing this edition on the Fourth of July, and thinking about where we are as a country. And that has led me also to wonder if this 2 Paragraphs series is living up to expectations. Why? Because seldom do I get feedback that discusses or enlarges upon

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Alexis De Tocqueville Was Right

In April of 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville set out for the United States from his native France to study the American penal system. So for nine months he traveled by steamboat, stagecoach, horse and canoe to numerous places in our country, all the while meeting and speaking with large

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Memorial Significance

Happy Memorial Day, which is today. But as we use the day and weekend to gather with family and friends to travel and have good times, let us also remember the meaning of this day. According to the Congressional Research Service, it is a day of reflection and remembrance

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Requesting a Favor

Taking many lessons and insights I gathered while presiding over our high school Peer Court program over the years, I wrote a musical entitled “Americans All,” which takes place in an after-school “detention” class room, and is meant to help mentor our junior high and high school students. Peer Court

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

My Life Philosophy

One of the things that I believe sets me aside from most people is that, at a fairly early age, maybe while in high school, I decided that one of the worst things that can happen to people is to be on their deathbeds, look back over their lives and

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Institutional Transparency

Right after the 2020 elections, this column strongly proposed that Congress establish a transparently-neutral commission, probably comprised of retired judges, to investigate all allegations of fraud and suppression of information in and during our nation’s elections and then to disclose publicly its findings on those issues, regardless of where they

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Teaching Students To Think

In the February 26, 2023 edition of the Orange County Register there was a Letter to the Editor that caught my eye that included the following statement: “I once had a political science professor who never told us his opinion and encouraged robust dialogue in class. A student asked him

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

To Protect And To Serve

When I was a child my parents drummed it into my head: “Jimmy, if you ever get lost what will you do?” Correct Answer: “I will find a policeman; he is my friend.” Regretfully that is seldom taught in our society today. Why? Because due to police unions and the

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Repeating Past Economic Mistakes

Recently I read a pamphlet entitled “Great Myths of the Great Depression” by Lawrence W. Reed of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). This article discusses the history of government actions that caused and perpetuated the Great Depression which lasted from 1929 until the middle of World War II.

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Stupid Politics

On Sunday, January 29, 2023 the Orange County Register carried a story that originated in the New York Times entitled “Oil Drilled in Amazon Rainforest Ends Up in California.” The article stated that, due to the Ecuadorian government’s need for revenue, it is now allowing oil to be drilled in

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Celebrate School Choice Week

As has been written before in this column, the biggest issue facing our country today is the problem of so many of our public schools failing our children. And that is as tragic as it is unnecessary. Why? Because today, particularly in lower economic neighborhoods, there is virtually no competition

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Busy Being Born

Some of the lyrics in singer/songwriter Bob Dylan’s song It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding are “If you’re not busy being born, you’re busy dying.” I believe that this is not only true for people, it is also true for countries. And I further believe that the United States

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Repeal The Deadly War On Drugs

Page one of the July 24-30, 2024 edition of The Epoch Times featured an article entitled “Mothers Blame China, Cartels” with the subtitle of “Fentanyl is ‘weapon of mass destruction’ destroying families.” Of course there are many people in the world who will try to make easy money by selling

Read More »
Issues
Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Incentives Matter

Here is a lesson from one of my heroes, Dr. Milton Friedman, that I heartily wish all lawmakers would learn: “Incentives Matter!” And he followed that truism up with one more, which is that “You get more of what you subsidize and less of what you tax.” You would

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Issues
Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

We Can Do Better

We have all heard the cry that there is too much money in our political elections. In fact, according to Reason Magazine, in the recent primary election the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) paid $435,000 to fund a 30-second ad promoting a Republican Congressional candidate in Michigan who had been

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

School Choice

Probably the most important issue facing our country today is that so many public schools are failing our children. Mostly they are in lower economic areas which, regretfully, are often comprised of African-Americans and Hispanics. So it is not a result of racism, or at least not directly, it is

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Reduce Government Spending

We continue to explore straightforward ways the federal government can reduce its spending and borrowing, which are directly causing inflation and a possible recession. In fact, it would be hard to find a more critically-important topic for us and particularly our children and grandchildren to address! Part II today focuses

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Judge Jim Gray (Ret.)

Time To Reconsider Our Cuban Blockade

Our blockade of Cuba has been in place for more than 60 years. That means it has been upheld by 12 presidential administrations, and it is the longest and most leak-proof blockade in modern history. Or course, it certainly has outlasted anyone named Castro being in charge of Cuba’s

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Survey Fever Public Reports

The day before the election is here. Our SurveyFever.com tracking study followed the seven targeted swing states for President and the eight toss-up states in

Read More »

Standing Up For Our Values

This past week I wrote a short note to some neighbors requesting that they consider removing their front yard Halloween display that has a

Read More »

Survey Fever Public Reports

The Trump momentum continues to gain support in the swing states but is slowing down. Trump/Vance now lead Harris/Walz in five of the seven targeted

Read More »

A Threshold of Respect

The theme of this column is treating all people with a threshold of respect. So I begin by adding one more story about my

Read More »

Survey Fever Public Reports

The Trump momentum continues to close the gap on the swing states. Trump/Vance are now leading Harris/Walz in five of the seven targeted swing states

Read More »

Survey Fever Public Reports

The Trump momentum continues. Trump/Vance are now leading Harris/Walz in four of the seven targeted swing states according to SurveyFever.com. The remaining states of WI,

Read More »

Survey Fever Public Reports

Looking at this week’s tracking study, the momentum for Trump has continued. In particular North Carolina, which showed a major change of direction as Trump

Read More »

Appreciation

I just returned from a reunion of my Class of 1962 at John Muir High School in Pasadena. Since pretty much all of us are

Read More »

Survey Fever Public Reports

For this week of the Jack News sponsored SurveyFever.com tracking studies we see the Michigan race for President tighten. Harris has a slight half a

Read More »

Survey Fever Public Reports

This week’s tracking study was consistent with the previous week for the Jack News sponsored SurveyFever.com studies. Trump shows strength in two of the six

Read More »

Survey Fever Public Reports

Donald Trump’s momentum continues during the fourth week of the Jack News sponsored SurveyFever.com tracking study. Trump is leading in two of the six targeted

Read More »

Let The Free Market Do It

There is an old saying that “In politics reality is irrelevant; it is only the voters’ perception of reality that matters.” And, regretfully, I

Read More »

A Tiny Bit of Praise

As I have told you before, about five years ago I was on the syndicated radio show called “Coast to Coast” with George Noory

Read More »

Survey Fever Public Reports

The second week of the Jack News sponsored tracking study by SurveyFever.com shows some change. The Georgia Presidential race is now neck and neck. Whereas

Read More »

Curious

Happily many people from widely different backgrounds and experiences have reached the same conclusions that I have about the failure of our country’s policy of

Read More »

Being Choked By Regulations

The first paragraph of the article entitled “Rationales for New Regulation” in the Summer 2024 edition of Regulation: The CATO Review of Business and

Read More »

Drug Prohibition Kills People

Page one of the July 24-30, 2024 edition of The Epoch Times featured an article entitled “Mothers Blame China, Cartels” with the subtitle of “Fentanyl

Read More »

UC Irvine Is Committed

Years ago, 23 men committed offenses that resulted in their eventually being committed to R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, which is a state prison for men

Read More »

Too Much Government

The June 12, 2024 edition of the Orange County Register told us that the State of California has more than 220,000 full-time employees!~ Of course,

Read More »

More On The Minimum Wage

I have never seen a stronger argument against the minimum wage laws than the one published in the May 8, 2024 edition of the Orange

Read More »

Our System of Justice

We as judges we have two critically important mandates. The first is to do Justice based upon the facts and law of the case and

Read More »

Wasteful Federal Programs

Thomas Jefferson was quoted as saying that “We need a revolution every 20 years just to keep the government honest.” He is right, and we

Read More »

Legalized Prostitution

The idea that “Laws Reflect Society’s Values? is basically true. But it is also true that, in many ways, “We Can’t Legislate Morality.” So in

Read More »

School Uniforms

When I went into the Peace Corps in Costa Rica to teach Physical Education to high school students I requested to be placed in the

Read More »

Wisdom Starts With Mentoring

British Journalist Miles Kington purportedly said “Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” That

Read More »

The Process Is Critical

Like many of you, recently I have been reading about a federal judge declaring illegal a revised version of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Read More »

Happy Birthday Adam Smith

According to Reason Magazine this year is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith, who is considered by many to be history’s strongest

Read More »

Freedom Lies in Being Bold

According to the Pacific Legal Foundation, when American poet Robert Frost was being interviewed on a 1952 television show, he said that he preferred

Read More »

Incentives Matter

Toward the end of the 18th century, England began sending convicts to Australia. The transportation was privately provided but publicly funded. But a lot of

Read More »

Memorial Significance

Happy Memorial Day, which is today. But as we use the day and weekend to gather with family and friends to travel and have

Read More »

Requesting a Favor

Taking many lessons and insights I gathered while presiding over our high school Peer Court program over the years, I wrote a musical entitled “Americans

Read More »

My Life Philosophy

One of the things that I believe sets me aside from most people is that, at a fairly early age, maybe while in high school,

Read More »

Institutional Transparency

Right after the 2020 elections, this column strongly proposed that Congress establish a transparently-neutral commission, probably comprised of retired judges, to investigate all allegations of

Read More »

To Protect And To Serve

When I was a child my parents drummed it into my head: “Jimmy, if you ever get lost what will you do?” Correct Answer: “I

Read More »

Repeating Past Economic Mistakes

Recently I read a pamphlet entitled “Great Myths of the Great Depression” by Lawrence W. Reed of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). This article

Read More »

Stupid Politics

On Sunday, January 29, 2023 the Orange County Register carried a story that originated in the New York Times entitled “Oil Drilled in Amazon Rainforest

Read More »

Busy Being Born

Some of the lyrics in singer/songwriter Bob Dylan’s song It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding are “If you’re not busy being born, you’re busy

Read More »

Repeal The Deadly War On Drugs

Page one of the July 24-30, 2024 edition of The Epoch Times featured an article entitled “Mothers Blame China, Cartels” with the subtitle of “Fentanyl

Read More »

Incentives Matter

Here is a lesson from one of my heroes, Dr. Milton Friedman, that I heartily wish all lawmakers would learn: “Incentives Matter!” And he

Read More »

We Can Do Better

We have all heard the cry that there is too much money in our political elections. In fact, according to Reason Magazine, in the recent

Read More »

School Choice

Probably the most important issue facing our country today is that so many public schools are failing our children. Mostly they are in lower economic

Read More »

Reduce Government Spending

We continue to explore straightforward ways the federal government can reduce its spending and borrowing, which are directly causing inflation and a possible recession. In

Read More »
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