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With phone numbers so you can contact them. I was very pleased that Representative Royce (R-40) opposed the bailout. Although I'm a very partisan Dem, this issue transcended politics and I will be voting for him this fall. I called his office to say exactly that. 40 Ed Royce No...

<p></p><i>to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed Declaration of Independence, 1775</i> <p></p><p></p> I've written before about why the bailout is a bad idea economically. But more significantly, to pass it...

The Bush administration, through Hank Paulson, has just proposed a massive bailout of the financial industry. The proposal is blatantly unjust, since the taxpayers do not get value for the money. The proposal also incites massive corruption, by combining massive opportunities for insider dealing...

My partner and I dropped by Stadium Lofts to take a look after our next door neighbor raved about them. Like many developments, they were good designs for somebody who wanted a certain kind of lifestyle but they were ridiculously overpriced. The complex feels like an ultra-deluxe apartment...

I was walking into a coffeeshop near my house in Orange and saw one of the baristas loading up his car. This guy remembers my name and even my food preferences even though he sees me maybe twice a month so I said hi and asked what he was up to. He happily announced that he and his committed...

One of the problems with price/income and price/rental measures of affordability is that interest rates have a real and substantial affect on how affordable a given house price is. If interest rates were roughly constant over time, with only cyclical effects, perhaps this wouldn't be a big deal...