January 8, 2025

		

Guest Commentary


| Friday, March 6th, 2015

Op/ed: Letting taxpayers off the hook for subsidies: a case of moral hazard

Op/Eds, Opinion

American political culture has morphed from a ‘can do’ attitude to an ‘it’s easier to kick the can down the road’ approach to decision-making.

| Friday, March 6th, 2015

Letters to the editor: Oxnard Metrolink collision

Letters to the Editor, Opinion

With California traffic congestion becoming more and more of a problem, the train is going to be a vital mode of transportation and the infrastructure of public train transportation must be improved.

| Friday, February 27th, 2015

Op/ed: Health care reform is ultimately a question of justice

Op/Eds, Opinion

The courts aren’t justice but merely symbols of our desire to be just — yet so many of our moral issues end up adjudicated there.

| Friday, February 20th, 2015

Op/ed: Spiritual centers provide refuge from a plugged-in world

Op/Eds, Opinion

From this centered place, each of us can return to our lives and our relationships with integrity and mindfulness.

| Friday, February 20th, 2015

Op/ed: Five tax deductions you should not overlook

Op/Eds, Opinion

Did you run up expenses searching for a new job in 2014? Or did you use your car while helping out at a soup kitchen? Are you a self-employed person who paid Medicare premiums out of your own pocket? If so, you may be eligible for one of the many tax deductions that people often Read More →

| Friday, February 13th, 2015

Op/ed: Shadow banks are coming out of the shadows — and gaining popularity

Op/Eds, Opinion

In attempting to crack down on bank excesses, Dodd-Frank has given birth to a whole new world of non-regulated finance.

| Friday, February 13th, 2015

Op/ed: Everything we know about recessions might be wrong

Op/Eds, Opinion

Economists are simply frightened of models where bad permanent things can happen by random chance — even if the data show that’s what really happens.