Thomas Ferguson discusses the 2011 Federal Budget. He is a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts and a senior fellow of the Roosevelt Institute. We discuss how President Obama’s Budget Speaks to Wall Street and Ignores Voters.

Retired Superior Court Judge Steven Hintz is the newly elected Ventura County treasurer-tax collector. We discuss Ventura County property tax revenues in 2011.

Jack O’Connell is the former California Superintendent of Public Instruction. He came to Ventura County to speak at California Lutheran University on February 17, 2011. Here is my television interview on KADY-TV with Jack about the State of Education in California.

Jack O’Connell is the former California Superintendent of Public Instruction. He came to Ventura County to speak at California Lutheran University on February 17, 2011. We had him first in an exclusive interview to give his State of Education in California address.

Robert Weil is an expert on China. He explains the paradox of how China used capitalism to build socialism and how that resulted in the use of socialism to build capitalism. Confused? You won’t be after this.

Paul Blumenthal is the senior writer at the Sunlight Foundation—a non-profit covering influence in politics. He explains why President Obama’s appointment of William Daley as White House Chief-of-Staff is a bad decision for the American people.