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Back to homepageWhy ‘climate change’ is a useless phrase
In the late 2000s, “climate change” began replacing “global warming” as the phrase used to encourage government intervention to prevent man-caused climate catastrophes. In 2006, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, greatly increasing
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Faulconer election won’t stop ‘Los Angelization’ of San Diego politics
On Tuesday, San Diego voters will decide between two City Council members in a special election to fill the remaining 33 months of the mayoral term of disgraced, resigned Bob Filner. The early conventional wisdom was that the clear favorite
Read MoreGOP vs. bullet train
Republicans in California no longer have much influence. But they still can exercise the bully pulpit. They did so last week, calling to put the bullet train before voters again. According to Capitol Weekly: California Republicans, long opposed to the
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New bullet-train biz plan still doesn’t address judge’s objection
On Friday, the California High-Speed Rail Authority released a new business plan for the bullet train project. The authority’s document still doesn’t identify how it will pay for the 300-mile initial operating segment, the $31 billion question that led Sacramento Superior
Read MoreRecord global cooling freezes Lake Superior
Those who still believe the “global warming” myth should become “Yoopers.” That’s Michiganese for “U.P.-ers,” those who live in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Because you sure won’t suffer any meltdown there. According to Michigan Live: “Lake Superior is almost frozen over
Read MoreLongevity hurting CalPERS
The California Public Employees Retirement System has a new problem: retirees are living longer. That means their pension payouts continue longer than was planned for. Reported AP: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday urged California’s largest public
Read MoreEast Coast freeze triggers voluntary CA electricity cutback
It’s not just water Californians are being asked to conserve. Yesterday, California’s Independent System Operator, which regulates the state’s electricity grid, called for a rare voluntary cutback in electricity use from 1 p.m. until 10 p.m. The unusual reason: The
Read MoreOregon has become the new California
Imagine if a grizzly bear and a beaver squared off in a cage match. It would be a decided mismatch in the bear’s favor. That’s how interstate competition used to be between California – which prominently features a bear on
Read MoreLawmakers lighting up $2 per pack cigarette tax hike
Like a re-lit cigarette, smoke again is rising from Senate Bill 768. By state Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, the bill would place a new tax on cigarettes of $2 a pack, with an equivalent tax on cigars, pipe tobacco
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Is John Chiang a CTA-spiting kamikaze? Or a slick posturer?
California politics tend only to surprise with the extremes to which unions will go in flexing their power. Protect classroom sexual predators? No problem. Openly subvert direct democracy? Sure. Argue that only union nurses should be allowed to administer life-saving
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