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Why The Central Valley Votes More Conservative

by Victor Davis Hansonvia San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Not long ago on a farm south of Fresno, I watched a poorly paid mechanic in silence repair a gate’s hydraulic ram as easily and rapidly as if he were Googling on a smartphone. He seemed to me a genius in oily clothes engulfed in a cloud of cigarette smoke.

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Getting The Facts

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Saturday, February 25, 2017

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, in one standard part of an optimistic speech I gave about the modern economy and the effect of the Internet, I told a story from a 1977 Woody Allen movie, Annie Hall, that I could reasonably assume about half of my audience had seen.

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How San Diego Built A Bridge Over The Wall

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

That's the title of a great article in Politico by Ethan Epstein. There's so much interesting in there: How forward-looking San Diegans figured out how to get a better airport without using a military base--and why. 

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Create A White House West At Moffett Field

by Bill Whalenvia San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

If ever there were a love-hate relationship, it would be the one shared by the Bay Area and recent American presidencies.

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Victor Davis Hanson Explains How Misguided Democratic Policies Caused The Dam Crisis In California

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia WMAL 630 AM (MD)
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses his Los Angeles Times article "The Oroville Dam Disaster Is Yet Another Example Of California's Decline."

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It’s Time For Brown To Shake Up His Routine

by Bill Whalenvia Sacramento Bee
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Of all the compelling images spilling out of the near-calamity at the Oroville Dam – raging waters, gridlocked highways packed with evacuees – the picture that stands out is the one never taken: Gov. Jerry Brown touring the troubled spillway.

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California Needs To Get Along With Trump–Or Tap Bay Area’s Richest To Write Checks

by Bill Whalenvia The Mercury News
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Local transportation officials want an electrified Caltrain running though Silicon Valley. Downtown San Jose anxiously awaits a BART subway stop. In each case, California is looking for the feds to foot the bill – about $100 billion in state improvements, if Brown got everything on his wish list.

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Tear Down This Dam?

by Victor Davis Hansonvia The Hill
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Oroville dam, the tallest in the nation, is currently in danger of structural failure.

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Victor Davis Hanson: 'The Oroville Dam Disaster Is Yet Another Example Of California's Decline'

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia KFI Radio (CA)
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson talks about the similarities between California and confederate South Carolina, as well as the Oroville Dam disaster.

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The Oroville Dam Disaster Is Yet Another Example Of California's Decline

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

A year ago, politicians and experts were predicting a near-permanent statewide drought, a “new normal” desert climate. The most vivid example of how wrong they were is that California’s majestic Oroville Dam is currently in danger of spillway failure in a season of record snow and rainfall. 

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