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Appeals court backs bloggers’ First Amendment rights
The First Amendment protects, among other things, “the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Yet modern governments, less solicitous of our liberties than the Founding Fathers, keep trying to curtail those rights. The latest gimmick is to insist that
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Video: More choices means a better education
CalWatchdog.com’s Brian Calle talks to Superintendent Liz Fagen about how a robust program to offer parents and students choices about their education has helped transform Colorado’s Douglas County School District for the better.
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Video: How much is a good teacher worth?
CalWatchdog.com’s Brian Calle talks to Superintendent Liz Fagen about the three most important factors that have gone into reforming the Douglas County School District in Colorado.
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Video: The truth about plastic bag bans
The ban on bags at the grocery store has multiple unintended consequences. John Phillips tells Alexis Garcia why the bag ban won’t make anybody healthier.
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Video: A potential CA energy boom
House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy talks about energy policy and a potential energy boom in California.
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Video: Can CA tax its way to prosperity?
California taxes are going up, but according to Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist, the new revenue isn’t going solve any problems. He explains why real change in the state need to come in the form of pension reform.
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Video: Is cap and trade good policy for CA?
Writer Stephen Moore, formerly of the Wall Street Journal, discusses how California’s energy policy is driving businesses out of the state.
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Video: Art Laffer: California vs. Texas
There are two types of states in the United States. Some are hiking taxes and others are cutting taxes. Economist Art Laffer explains how the experiments within the states are playing out nationwide and culminating with the difference between Texas
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86 million private-sector workers support 148 million benefit takers
U.S. Census numbers tell why America’s economy is sluggish and likely headed downward again: There are just 86 million full-time private-sector workers supporting 148 million benefit-takers. So if you’re a full-time worker in the private sector, such as yours truly,
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CA continues to inhale ‘Medical’ marijuana
Faced with a growing chorus of concern among municipalities, California legislators are about to consider an innovative approach to the regulation of marijuana — tightening standards for the prescription and supply of medical-use pot. Though one new bill offers what
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