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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, November 28th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: From Main Street to Wall Street, it’s time for a Christmas spree
With the holiday retail season getting under way, it’s time to do a bit of shopping of our own — with a look at a few retail stocks to watch.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, November 28th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Bank Secrecy Act spoils Christmas for merchants who prefer cash
Sometimes something that starts out with good intention can turn bad. This seems to be what has happened with the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, November 21st, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Lessons from Japan’s struggle to recover from a post-bubble bout of deflation
At its core, Abe’s decision to postpone the consumption-tax increase reflects the chaos that prolonged weak economic momentum inflicts on countries wishing to pursue more than one objective — in this case, raising living standards, curtailing the growth in government debt and breaking the private sector’s deflationary mindset.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, November 21st, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Justice for Alvaro
Alvaro Medrano, Sr. who, with owner Ken Riding, managed the La Vista Vineyard in Paso Robles, was confronted, beaten and killed by off-duty correctional officers on the streets of San Miguel on Sept. 7.
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By Erika Martin / Friday, November 21st, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: What’s ‘right’ and what’s ‘left’ in national political scene
Bloomberg View’s Cass Sunstein reports on research showing that “partyism” is now an even deeper social division in American society than racism. Political commentator Jonathan Chait thinks that’s just fine: He wouldn’t want his child to marry a Republican.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, November 21st, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Tuition hike won’t end calls for reform at UC
A not-so-stealthy issue in the debate over the University of California’s proposed tuition hikes is the growing economic gap between the system’s 10 campuses and the communities they serve.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, November 21st, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Dubroff: Isla Vista study takes a first crack at changing community culture
Nearly six months after the tragic killings that left seven people dead in Isla Vista, UC Santa Barbara has taken the initial, tentative steps toward re-examining how to better integrate the off-campus community into the rest of the South Coast.
