Harriet Hageman: “Just more bureaucratic red tape.”

We must stop pretending that America is just an idea, or that we have no shared culture worth fighting for.

I hope that by focusing on America’s 250th anniversary – and looking back over that history with honesty and accuracy — we will reverse these declines.

I am, in fact, optimistic that those festivities we’ve already enjoyed are currently inspiring a new sense of purpose in our national identity.

The system is now becoming very, very stressed because California has not kept up with the infrastructure demands and needs of its citizens.