Leg still obsessed with tax increases

May 18, 2013 By John Seiler So much new revenue is flowing into California that Gov. Jerry Brown’s May Revise budget projected an extra $4.5 billion this year. But even that was too low for Legislative Analyst, who projected another

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Video: 6 hours of Beethoven piano

May 17, 2013 By John Seiler Forget politics a bit and put on this YouTube as background music. It’s six hours of piano music from the world’s greatest composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ptfyhBjXj8  

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CA budget: State’s unions tell poor they’re on their own

May 17, 2013 By Chris Reed Nothing brings clarity to the absurdity of unions’ claims that they defend the poor and champion social justice than the annual fights over the state budget. Advocates of social services for the poor and

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Obama IRS enemies list targeted Hispanic Republicans

May 17, 2013 By John Seiler As I pointed out in an earlier post, the Obama IRS enemies list against conservatives and libertarians discredits his so-called 2012 election “victory.” And remember how we were told, ceaselessly, that Republicans had to

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7 years not enough planning time for air board on AB 32

May 16, 2013 By Chris Reed The news that Gov. Jerry Brown wants to “borrow” $500 million in cap-and-trade auction fees to prop up the state’s general fund in his revised 2013-14 budget could not have been more predictable. Brown

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IRS enemies list scandal discredits Obama’s 2012 victory

May 16, 2013 By John Seiler Not that we should run the election again. And Mitt Romney really was a terrible candidate, one of the worst the GOP has to offer. It would have been worse had he won because

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CA IRS offices harassed conservative groups

May 15, 2013 By John Seiler California IRS offices harassed groups, reported the Daily Mail today. It was part of the burgeoning nationwide scandal of the IRS attacking more than 500 such groups. The Daily Mail reported that a letter…

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Collective bargaining behind the scenes

May 15, 2013 By Katy Grimes Government employees’ salaries and benefits, and in particular, pensions, are financially unsustainable in California. It is clear that collective bargaining reform is needed. But in a state run by politicians elected largely with the

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Court denies asylum to German family punished by Nazi law

May 15, 2013 By John Seiler In 1938, Hitler imposed an anti-home schooling law on German families. All children were required to attend Third Reich-approved schools, receiving indoctrination in Nazism and anti-Semitism, and to join the Hitlerjugend — the Hitler

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On schools, Gov. Brown chooses ‘subsidiarity’ over reality

May 15, 2013 By Chris Reed Has Gov. Jerry Brown simply not been reading the newspaper for 40 years? Does he not see all the wars that the CTA and CFT fight on behalf of their members? Is he unaware

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