Information about COVID-19 From Dr. Eric M. Alcouloumre, Emergency Medicine Physician at Hoag Memorial Hospital: “Hi, all. I know there a lot of resources and a lot of information out there, but I’m finding that many of my friends and family members still remain confused about what it is we are facing. At their request, I…
Dear Fellow Foundation Members, On 04/26/19 Congressman Mike Levin was our keynote speaker. Mike is a close friend of the Foundation; and, he now represents Orange County and San Diego County in the U.S. House of Representatives! As Mike address the luncheon, we saw and heard a brilliant mind give thoughtful, intelligent, and knowledgeable solutions to the issues…
Press THE READ MORE BUTTON below, for the links to the Mueller Report: 1. Message from Foundation Chair Jacobson; 2. Introduction to Volume I 3. Executive Summary to Volume I 4. Introduction to Volume II Executive Summary to Volume II 5. Volume I Complete 6. Volume II Complete (+ Apendecies A-D). Message from Foundation…
Dear Foundation members and friends of the Foundation, On 03/22/19, we held a luncheon honoring newly elected Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris. Our Vice-Chair Michael Penn was the gracious host of the lunch. I was there; and I saw a brilliant woman, progressive, and pragmatic woman who won in a majority-Republican District. Cottie showed deep insight,…
Dear Foundation Members and Friends of the Foundation, What is being said is not true: I awoke this morning to a barrage of television reporters, headlines, and Donald Trump saying that Attorney General Barr’s letter to Congress’ Judiciary Committees says that Robert Mueller’s report concluded that there was no “collusion” between Trump and…
A Message from the Chair – Dear Foundation Members and friends of the Foundation, Last week on 02/22/19, the Foundation held a luncheon honoring Senator Tom Umberg. The Foundation and Orange County is extremely proud of Tom; and, of his accomplishments as a Colonel in the Army, Assemblymember, Deputy Drug Czar, great attorney, great and…
Dear Foundation Members, Friends of the Foundation, and other Citizens, “In forensics there is what has become known as ‘Godwin’s Law.’ Broadly speaking, Godwin’s Law is that the first side in an argument to compare the other side to Hitler or the Nazis loses.”* But, the existence of Godwin’s law doesn’t mean that Nazi horrors…
Dear Friends, The difference between (a) power, and (b) right: Donald Trump and his defenders have failed to discuss an important legal issue – the difference between “power” and “right”. Please allow me to fill that discussion void. By failing to discuss the difference between power and right, Trump’s…
Dear Democrats and Friends of Democrats, In 2006 Phil Angelides and Steve Westly ran against each other in the Democratic Gubernatorial primary. That same year Famed Actor and Civic Activist Warren Beatty gave a speech warning Phil and Steve against “going negative”, against each other. Mr. Beatty explained that if Phil and Steve…
From the desk of Dan Jacobson, Chair Trump’s Unconstitutional Muslim Ban Our Constitution’s 1st Amendment is clear that the government cannot take any action that discriminates against anyone (citizen or non-citizen) on the basis of that individual’s religious faith. Thus Donald Trump’s Muslim ban is unconstitutional. The White House might argue that it is only…
