Category Archives: California

The Dog Who Didn’t Bark – Nobody Argues California Has Great Governance (1-14-25)

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Luke Ford

01:00 NR: Why Did California Cut Fire Prevention Spending While Keeping a Rainy-Day Fund?, https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/why-did-california-cut-fire-prevention-spending-while-keeping-a-rainy-day-fund/12:15 The FBI is terrible at background checks, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtgtSNMGBt014:50 Jonathan Haidt is wrong about morality | Prof Kurt Gray, https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/jonathan-haidt-is-wrong-about-morality19:00 Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War … Continue reading →

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Who By Fire? (1-13-25)

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Luke Ford

01:00 Judaism’s Haunting Prayer/Unetaneh Tokef, https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/255977?lang=bi08:00 New York: Los Angeles shouldn’t rebuild the same way, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/los-angeles-shouldnt-rebuild-the-same-way-after-wildfires.html11:00 Bloomberg: These Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain WhyIn Pacific Palisades and Malibu, some houses with fire-resistant designs remained standing amid neighborhoods of … Continue reading →

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Decoding LA’s Fires (1-12-25)

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Luke Ford

05:00 WSJ: Fighting Fires—and the Rumor Mill—as L.A. Burns09:00 Politics Fueled LA’s Fires, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15855510:00 California voters destroyed private home insurance, https://apple.news/AeXdYZP1qSfeNes1AGLzSAg11:00 Fire experts describe how we can reduce these urban blazes, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-11/fire-experts-asses-los-angeles-blazes-amid-changing-times12:00 Disputes kill people, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzHFz5Jj7a021:00 Your Home Can Survive … Continue reading →

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Politics Fueled LA’s Fires

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Luke Ford

Perhaps we should let the free market for housing insurance rip rather than fires rip? The Atlantic: Take insurance—a trillion-dollar industry built to identify risks, particularly from disasters such as wildfires. Insurance companies communicate this risk to homeowners through higher … Continue reading →

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American Glasnost Enters California (1-8-25)

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Luke Ford

01:00 Power went out so I talked to people IRL05:30 Matt Continetti on the California inferno and the rebuild of the rules regime at Meta, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t42Qzg2QRI08:00 Rick Caruso: There’s no water in the Palisades, https://www.foxla.com/video/157315639:40 Mark Halperin: Biden’s decline is … Continue reading →

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