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Falling down
John Seiler: What if the whole thing falls down? The economy, I mean: pensions suffer even bigger deficits, causing municipal bonds to collapse, making unemployment even worse, causing a surge in the need for social services, as the the dollar’s
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Expropriate PG&E
By John Seiler: The Marxists have a saying, “Expropriate the expropriators.” That’s what we should do to PG&E. It’s an expropriator. It wants to expropriate your job and mine. Because it has come out against Prop. 23, which would effectively
Read MoreWhitman 'mistreats' workers
Katy Grimes: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown’s campaign sent out an email blast today with more accusations of Republican candidate Meg Whitman’s alleged temper and accusations of “assault.” News broke last month about Whitman physically pushing a staff handler, when
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Justice for Oscar Grant?
Steven Greenhut: When I’ve written about controversial police shootings in my time as a columnist and editorial writer for the Orange County Register, I would always get the predictable response from police officers, their unions and their supporters. I wasn’t
Read MoreAssemblyman backs Steele
From Steven Greenhut: Assemblyman Chris Norby, R-Fullerton, has weighed in on the latest controversy over Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele, who has gotten himself into some hot water with GOP war hawks over a sensible statement Steele made about Afghanistan.
Read MoreLA to shift sidewalk burden
JULY 6, 2010 By TORI RICHARDS As the infrastructure crumbles throughout California, the sidewalks laid down during the first half of the last century have no immunity. Initially responsible for the slab of concrete in front of their homes, Los
Read MoreMulling a majority-vote budget
JULY 6, 2010 By JOHN SEILER With yet another state budget not passed by the July 1 beginning of the fiscal year, Democrats and their union allies are putting the blame on California’s two-thirds supermajority rule for passing a budget
Read MoreHeard On The Streets
Katy Grimes: While out and about this Fourth of July weekend, I took the time to talk with neighbors, friends, strangers and passers by, to see what was on the minds of the voters. A random sampling of approximately 30
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