Jeff Solsby

OC/DC: Hometown Newspaper Makes National News

By Jeff Solsby | 01/16/07

The Orange County Register is covered in the Washington Post's business section today in a piece about the challenges currently facing newspapers.  The piece looks at the trials and tribulations of the Los Angeles Times and its transition from family-owned to corporate-owned and takes a parallel look at the hometown Register and its transition from Hoiles family ownership.  The piece also examines the OC Post's launch as a model of... read more »

OC/DC: "And Denmark Residents Love Their Health Care..."

By Jeff Solsby | 01/11/07

You won't be surprised, but the debate about health care in Washington has taken a turn toward the absurd, and I now can no long help myself from commenting on an issue I had previously thought needed to percolate for a while.  It seems California's health care proposal (in the wake of Massachusetts' similar proposal) has prompted Democrats to offer that as justification for nationalized universal health care. That's an issue that matters... read more »

OC/DC: Universal Health Care - The New Universal Health Care

By Jeff Solsby | 01/09/07

For a time, Universal Health care coverage was the hot issue in politics; it has waned in recent years.  But just as paisley is back so too is discussion of universal health care coverage.  Only this time it's in an environment with much press coverage detailing the added twist of Republican Governors proposing plans with Democrat-led legislatures (Massachusetts, California, etc...) While this OC/DC column does not take a position on... read more »

OC/DC: Pendleton Marine in Investigation Story

By Jeff Solsby | 01/05/07

This morning's Washington Post reports news I have not seen (or may have missed at this early hour) in the West Coast papers: A USMC gunnery sergeant stationed at Camp Pendleton is at the center (according to the Post's reporting) of a major Naval Criminal Investigative Service inquiry into Iraq war prizes, classified / sensitive documents and their possession in two storage units purportedly leased by a marine in OC and one in the suburban... read more »