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Fracking coverage: Still more flagrant, fragrant lies
Jan. 9, 2013 By Chris Reed California’s potential for an enormous natural gas/oil boom if hydraulic fracturing — “fracking” — is allowed to free up our vast natural gas and oil reserves means we should pay close attention to the
Read MoreLawmakers calling Gov. Brown’s bluff on Prop. 30 revenues
Jan. 8, 2013 By Katy Grimes On the first day of the new legislative session on Monday, two Republican lawmakers wasted no time introducing legislation to add some necessary spending restrictions to Proposition 30. Passed by California voters in November, Prop.
Read MoreAssembly Speaker limits press access
Jan. 8, 2013 By Katy Grimes As the new legislative session began yesterday, there was a quite buzz in the Assembly. But it wasn’t just about the many new lawmakers. A rumor was going around that Democratic Assembly Speaker John
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Why we need gun rights…
Jan. 8, 2013 By John Seiler Here’s why we need gun rights. And why gun control, including that proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and President Obama, would leave us defenseless before violent criminals.
Read MoreIs the Tea Party finished?
Jan. 8, 2013 By John Seiler Tony Quinn just wrote happily of the demise of the Tea Party. Which never had much power in California anyway. He said that, without them, Republicans might have grabbed control of the U.S. Senate in
Read MoreFeinstein slated to reveal gun ban legislation in Jan.
Jan. 7, 2013 By Katy Grimes When the 1994 federal assault weapons ban was signed into law, it was a reaction to a horrific act of violence. The resulting law regulated certain semiautomatic weapons and large ammunition magazines. The law was
Read MoreGrowth controls, not Prop. 13, produced state deficits
Jan. 7, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi It is not Proposition 13 or greedy bankers, but the many layers of growth control laws that are the main instigator of the prolongation of California’s economic recession since 2007. And with the recession
Read MoreSportswriter who libeled Thomas Sowell offers lame excuse
Jan. 7, 2013 By Chris Reed Last week, a prominent Los Angeles-based sportswriter for Fox Sports libeled California’s leading African-American libertarian/conservative thinker, Thomas Sowell of Stanford’s Hoover Institution. This wasn’t just another stupid media flap to me. When I read
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