Dubroff: Appeal of populism falls short of reality
Columns, Latest news“You say you want a revolution Well, you know, we all want to change the world” — John Lennon My verdict on the so-called “Brexit” vote is that in a globalized world dominated by central bankers, it is far more profitable to sing about a revolution than to actually foment one. Less than a week Read More →
Dubroff: Brexit impacts will be felt in Tri-Counties
Columns, Latest newsBrexit has become a crisis with a long tail and more than a twinge of buyers’ remorse. As Sung Won Sohn of CSU Channel Islands pointed out in comments to the Business Times, the narrow EU exit vote victory was a boost for populism in the U.S. and elsewhere. It could lead to the disintegration Read More →
Dubroff: Fukushima nuclear disaster doomed Diablo Canyon
Central Coast, Columns, Energy, Latest newsFew people on the Central Coast took note of March 11 as the fifth anniversary of Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. But you can trace the June 21 announcement that PG&E won’t operate the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant near Avila Beach beyond 2025 to the earthquake and tsunami on the Japanese coast that destroyed four Read More →
Strawberry crop might not always remain No. 1
Editorials, Latest news, OpinionIt’s going to take a lot to dethrone the strawberry as the region’s top crop. But there are plenty of signs that the juicy red fruit that’s a year round sensation may not last forever at the top of the agribusiness pile. The retirement of the Dullam family, reported earlier in the Business Times, and Read More →
Dubroff: Why Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn might be out of sync
Columns, Latest news, TechnologyJust one year ago, LinkedIn made history on the Central Coast when it created the region’s first unicorn, buying Lynda.com for $1.5 billion. Now LinkedIn is selling itself to Microsoft for $26 billion, or an estimated 79 times operating earnings, in what Bloomberg and the New York Times DealBook column describe as one of the Read More →
Mass shootings taking terrible toll in America
Editorials, Latest news, OpinionTwo years ago it was Isla Vista. This year it is San Bernardino and Orlando. Mass shootings have become a way of life in America — and that is a tragedy. This year’s shootings have a particularly troubling twist: the targeting of LGBTQ victims in a nightclub by a young American-born Muslim who apparently was Read More →
Dubroff: Race for Lois Capps’ House seat mirrors national politics
Columns, Latest newsOnce a gerrymandered district known as the “ribbon of shame” for wrapping up Democratic strongholds, the safe House seat held for two decades by Democrat Lois Capps is looking more and more like national politics in microcosm. Capps’ decision not to run in California’s 24th Congressional District created a wide open field that was narrowed Read More →
