Finding common ground
Because national media reports are biased to attract their targeted audiences, and social media algorithms amplify polarization, here’s shared values-based historical analysis on major local, state and national issues.
ATC+AI
If you were President, wouldn’t you direct the FAA by Executive Order to use AI to prevent the air tragedies that happened this week?
AI-driven Air Traffic Collision Warning system
AI re-routing air corridors for more separation
AI to identify symptoms of mechanical failures in airplanes
Like Operation Warp Speed or Apollo, a program to update our antiquated Air Traffic Control (ATC) system.
On this day February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine…
We just might have ceasefires in both the Middle East and Ukraine in 2025
Revenge of the “fly-over” states
Revenge of the Fly-over States: voters in the middle of America rejected the political agenda of the Coastal elite and instead voted their pocket books.
Cold War 2.0
We’re in Cold War 2.0 - Our adversaries today are the same countries we faced 50 years ago: Russia (Soviet Union), China, Iran, and North Korea. What’s different is that China is now our largest economic competitor, compared to what it was in the 70s.
Housing, Builders’ Remedy and Local Control
Over the last decade, the State of California government has taken away local control over zoning to encourage high density housing everywhere. We must protect our family-friendly neighborhoods. California enacted SB9/10 ending single-family zoning and overriding local control with a one-size-fits-all unfunded state mandate.
Are you Oppressed or an Oppressor?
My wife and I were appalled after downloading a one-sided lesson on the Israel-Gaza war from our son’s Freshman Ethnic Studies class last November: Basically, generations of kids are raised with a world view of Oppressed versus Oppressor by teaching a counter narrative that casts Israel (and America) as Oppressors.
Hotel California - You can check out anytime you like, but your job is leaving
People came to California for jobs in aerospace and technology. They came here to build companies that would change the world.
Today our state’s majestic cities – San Francisco and Los Angeles – are in a doom loop of crime, homelessness, and businesses are leaving.
Next Tuesday, it’s about Pennsylvania and soccer moms
In 40 years of being a political junkie, I’ve never seen as turbulent an election as in the last 60 days. But it’s now statistically even, so the focus will be on Midwestern swing states and Soccer Moms.
It’s inflation, stupid
Groceries, utilities, gas, housing, medical, tuition – all soared over the last 3 years. We’re now living paycheck to paycheck and forced to choose between taking the family to restaurants or vacation. What can we do about it?
Climate Change - What’s the point of electrification if our Grid is still carbon-powered?
Incentivize transition of cars, trucks and buses to EVs over the next decade, and renewable energy sources such as offshore wind, geothermal and solar, but avoid mandates that stifle innovation.
What does immigration reform look like?
Americans are compassionate and want to allow those looking for a better life, like my grandparents. Yet the sheer volume of migrants crossing the border has overwhelmed border patrol. It's reasonable a temporary closure of the border to allow DHS and Congress time to get our sh** together.