Nanny State Nanny State History: Protecting Children SimonJuly 13, 20100 Years ago some children were killed on bikes. So the governments, state and federal, passed laws that required...
Simon Says California’s Budget Problem Explained SimonJuly 12, 20100 This financial crisis is forcing California state and local agencies to make some tough decisions. If things...
Nanny State Nanny Bags SimonJuly 9, 20104 No surprise that California is the source of this Nanny State story. AB 1998 would ban plastic single use bags from...
Nanny State Nanny Vending SimonJuly 8, 20100 This Nanny Report came from alert Swcamborne reader Stephanie M. It seems that San Francisco has banned regular sodas...
Ideas Chocolate Has Consequences SimonJuly 7, 20100 A year ago Hershey Chocolate bought Cadbury Chocolate or something like that. The good news is that now Cadbury has...
Simon Says Parading SimonJuly 6, 20100 We went to the Fourth of July Parade in Sierra Madre on the Fifth. My favorite float was the Motorized Ice...
Simon Says Starbucks Idea SimonJuly 3, 20100 I stopped at a Starbucks Coffee in Montclair, CA last week. I was on the way back from Mexico and needed a restroom...
Politics The US House of Lords SimonJune 30, 20101 A few months ago my friend Scott S. made a claim that 40 Senators represent less than 10% of the US population but...
Map Project Map Exhibit to Close SimonJune 29, 20105 The border map exhibit at the University of San Diego is closing this week. It has been one of the most successful...
Maxims June 28, 2010 Maxim SimonJune 28, 20100 The way I see it, you should live everyday like its your birthday. Anonymous (from Oscar...