John Seiler, Author at CalWatchdog.com

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John Seiler

John Seiler has been writing about California for 25 years. That includes 22 years as an editorial writer for the Orange County Register and two years for CalWatchDog.com, where he is managing editor. He attended the University of Michigan and graduated from Hillsdale College. He was a Russian linguist in U.S. Army military intelligence from 1978 to 1982. He was an editor and writer for Phillips Publishing Company from 1983 to 1986. He has written for Policy Review, Chronicles, LewRockwell.com, Flash Report and numerous other publications. His email: [email protected]

Uber nabs Apple exec

On July 4 on our site, James Poulos wrote about Uber and other ride-sharing companies’ battles with some existing taxi companies over insurance. Steven Greenhut also wrote about it in the U-T San Diego. However that turns out, Uber almost certainly is

Arnold still driving Hummer

John Seiler July 9, 2014

Despite its motto, “Advancing Policy, Not Politics” — as if the two could be separated — the USC Schwarzenegger Institute still promotes the former governor’s policies on global warming/climate change. A recent press release reads: Arnold Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on

CalTRANS workers watching soccer on taxpayer time

John Seiler July 8, 2014

Normally, I would cheer government workers wasting my tax dollars by goofing off. I wish IRS, Franchise Tax Board, numerous bureaucrats and others would spend all their working time — yes, even when earning pay, perks and pensions at my

Aussies dump carbon tax

John Seiler July 7, 2014

AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, was enacted by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger not just to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California by 30 percent. Its exact wording also read: National and international

Cartoon: CA money bomb

John Seiler July 7, 2014

Four years of JC down the drain

John Seiler July 6, 2014

One of the best lines in the 1978 comedy “Animal House” occurs when the Delta frat rats have been thrown off campus, and Bluto groans, “Seven years of college down the drain.” I was reminded of that when reading this report

State workers get pay raise

John Seiler July 5, 2014

How’s your pay raise going in the private sector? Woops! Didn’t get one? Well, you should have joined the public sector and lived off those who actually produce something. July 1 saw a pay raise for state employees. And of

Are you ready for another Revolution?

John Seiler July 4, 2014

Here’s some good news for Independence Day: Americans are losing confidence in all branches of government, perhaps a portent of another revolt against tyranny, this time toppling “our” government rather than that of George III. Of course, it’s not “our”

Cartoon: Independence Day

John Seiler July 4, 2014

Minimum wage jumps to $9 an hour

John Seiler July 3, 2014

Here’s what the minimum wage does: it destroys tens of thousands of jobs to increase the pay of tens of thousands of other jobs. It does this by increasing government coercion over our lives even more than it already does.