May 12, 2014
This week’s Whopper once again targets the Wall Street Journal. In a May 7th article entitled, “Obama Unleashes the Left,” Daniel Henninger argues that “the left has hit ramming speed across a broad swath of American life” and those out of line with the left’s “ bizarre claims are being hit and hit hard.” Among the examples of hard hits…
Apr 25, 2014
This week’s whopper is found in a column titled “The High Cost of Liberalism” by Thomas Sowell that is dated 4/22/14 and included in the Real Clear Politics website. Sowell argues that among these high costs is the exorbitant price of housing in Palo Alto and San Francisco. Liberalism is the culprit because that ideology prohibits development of “vast amounts…
Apr 18, 2014
This week’s whopper appears in a San Jose Inside column by Josh Koehn which discusses the recommendation by county staff that Measure A funds be allocated to the Healthier Kids Foundation, headed by Kathleen King. Noting that King played a significant role in the campaign to pass Measure A, Koehn asks – coincidence or kickback? A kickback? Webster defines a…
Apr 13, 2014
On Tuesday, April 8th, the San Jose City Council approved an ordinance to provide for the hiring cops or firefighters who are denied disability pensions under Measure B. The discussion of the item provided a rare event – 3 Galactic Whoppers and 1 Mega-Whopper at a single meeting. Tweet
Mar 31, 2014
Ok, I admit it. I’m writing a Whopper critique of a column in the Wall Street Journal – which is kind of like fishing in your bathtub. But I’m busy this week so excuse me for going after the low hanging fruit. My target is Daniel Henninger’s article of March 26th which is titled, “Why Can’t the Left Govern?” Obviously…
Mar 21, 2014
On March 12th, the Fly, a column posted on the blog San Jose Inside, presented an article titled, “Odd Bunch: Republican Sheriff Laurie Smith, Organized Labor. The piece focused on the fact that Cindy Chavez and other Democrats and labor leaders supported the re-election of GOP Sheriff Laurie Smith. The article is loaded with whoppers, but the most scale-busting lunker…
Mar 7, 2014
On February 25th, the Washington Post decided to wade into San Jose’s pension wars with a major article by Michael K. Fletcher. Alas, the venerable Post apparently did not even do minimal research or fact-checking before putting pen to paper. The result is a disappointing mega-whopper. Tweet
Feb 28, 2014
On February 20th, the San Jose Mercury News published a column by David Crane offering advice to California’s elected officials on fiscal issues. This is the same David Crane who provided fiscal counsel to former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Those who remember the fiscal brilliance of the Schwarzenegger administration might expect the whoppers to be coming fast and furious. Relax; you…
Feb 21, 2014
On February 13th, columnist Charles Krauthammer offered the readers of many newspapers, including the San Jose Mercury News, an essay entitled, “Obama’s War on Jobs.” Reviewing this article reveals, first, that the war on jobs was allegedly most glaringly demonstrated by passage of the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare), and, second, that Mr. Krauthammer’s comments on this subject include an…
Feb 14, 2014
On February 6th, Jennifer Wadsworth wrote a column for San Jose Inside discussing Mayor Chuck Reed’s lawsuit against the ballot language published by the California Attorney General for his statewide pension initiative. She quotes Reed as accusing the AG of failing to give voters a “true and impartial summary” of the initiative. But Wadsworth fails to alert readers to the facts…