Monthly Archives: March 2002

A few years ago California’s legislature enacted at then-Gov. Pete Wilson’s request a sweeping deregulation of our state’s energy policies. That this measure enjoyed considerable bipartisan support is something of an understatement. Not only did the bill itself, carried by … Continue reading →

Last week during the legislative hearings surrounding our proposed Massachusetts “English” initiative, local bilingual activists did their utmost to debunk reports of the enormous success of California’s previous 1998 initiative. The New York Times might have heralded California’s success in … Continue reading →

This past week, as the first tender shoots of pre-Spring foliage began probing the end of New England’s winter, important public issues began simultaneously testing the end of the “media winter” inflicted by the all-engrossing consequences of the attacks of … Continue reading →