We’ve taken off for the long weekend and will be back on Monday. We hope you have a very happy Thanksgiving holiday weekend. — Jack Dean, Editor

By Steven Greenhut | Tens of thousands of people marched in hundreds of cities last week as part of something billed as the March for Science. The event, which coincided with Earth Day, was meant to rebuke the Trump administration’s global-warming skepticism and its plan to cut taxpayer funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and […]

Your humble editor is heading to Sacramento in the wee hours of Tuesday morning to participate in a day-long conference which will assemble taxpayer organizations from up and down the state of California. It’s being sponsored by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. I’ll be participating on a panel about — you guessed it — public […]

By Ed Ring | The successes of anti-establishment presidential candidates are a powerful reminder that mainstream politicians are not managing America’s political economy or cultural evolution in a way that satisfies most of the electorate. That’s no surprise – it’s a tough job these days, with few historical precedents to offer guidance. Earlier this week […]

Due to circumstances beyond our control, PensionTsunami.com will be offline until at least next Monday. I’m fairly certain that the public pension crisis won’t end before then. — Jack Dean, Editor & Pubisher

PensionTsunami editor Jack Dean is taking a few rare sick days, but will be posting key headlines until he can resume full daily coverage of the pension crisis. Thank you for your understanding.

I’m flying to the East Coast today, so depending on whether or not the plane has WiFi I may not be posting any more headlines until tomorrow. — Jack Dean, Editor

By Joel Fox | Pension reform is headed to the voters via initiative, and if successful, any future pension decisions will remain in the voters’ hands. The bi-partisan initiative filed by former Democratic San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and former Republican San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio proposes that voters have a say on any […]

I’m currently in Massachusetts. My 97-year-old mother died Saturday after several weeks of medical problems, plus I’ve been battling the flu while enduring multiple blizzards and deep freezes. I have a lot of loose ends to tie up — especially on the legal front. So I’m going to need some time off from monitoring the […]

By Jack Dean | Last Friday I flew to Massachusetts to deal with a family health care emergency and I expect to be here for at least another week. While I hope to continue posting headlines daily, I expect the number of postings will be somewhat less than usual. Please bear with me. Thanks!