Wall Street doubts CA shale hype — but not Occidental

April 11, 2013 By Chris Reed Bloomberg News, which is doing an increasingly good job covering California of late, had an important article Wednesday about likely problems in developing the Golden State’s massive shale reserves. Those reserves could transform the

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Sacramento subsidy could win Kings

April 11, 2013 By Katy Grimes Sacramento could become known as the little government town that could. As Sacramento officials fight to prevent the Sacramento Kings basketball team from being lost to Seattle, the public subsidy the officials are offering

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Data show hefty public-employee compensation

April 11, 2013 By Ed Ring “Forget about logic,” Jack advised. “My analytics instructor says that all logic is mere tautology. She says it is impossible to learn anything through logic that you did not already know.” — Robert A.

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Richard Cohen ignorant about guns and schools

April 11, 2013 By John Seiler One of the more insufferable things about living in Washington, D.C., a hideous place I barely survived between 1982 and 1987, was being subjected to Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen. His knee jerked faster

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Maviglio tweets against Duffy global-warming article

April 10, 2013 By John Seiler Steve Maviglio, the California Democratic activist, tweeted about Warren Duffy’s article on our site, “Facts cloud CA global warming alarmism.” Maviglio: “Glad to see @CalWatchdog still in denial about #climate change. Where can I

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CA comeback mostly about shifting funds around

April 10, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times an article, “Lessons from a Comeback.” However, a comeback for state government should not be confused with an economic or jobs recovery. A number of liberal, conservative and moderate

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CA lawmaker: Use tax code to punish unpopular views

April 10, 2013 By Chris Reed As a libertarian who supports gay marriage, I’m not a social conservative cultural warrior. That said, I still think there’s something extremely troubling about government power being used to punish those whose views are

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Jay Leno on Stockton bankruptcy

April 10, 2013 By John Seiler Here’s Jay Leno Monday night on the Stockton bankruptcy: “Stockton is so broke, the founding father now is demanding a paternity test. “Stockton is so broke, their meth labs just give out Sudafed. They

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Facts cloud CA global warming alarmism

April 10, 2013 By Warren Duffy If you are looking for employment where you can be mistaken time and time again and  still maintain your job,  try weather forecasting.  Predicting the weather day to day, seven to 10 days in

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Liberty wins in legislative committee

April 9, 2013 By Katy Grimes Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Hesperia, won one for the good guys today. But it’s just the opening round. AB 351 by Donnelly, The California Liberty Preservation Act, would declare indefinite detention of an California citizen,

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