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Back to homepageBig Unions shifting to fight Prop. 32
Oct. 17, 2012 By John Seiler Say what you will about California’s ultra-powerful government-worker unions, they know how to protect their own interests. They have backed Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s $8.5 billion tax increase, because they would get the
Read MoreObama’s Libya hyperbole dominates debate
Oct. 17, 2012 Katy Grimes: Unlike the first Presidential debate, President Barack Obama showed up to last night’s contest. But he brought his defensive, testy, argumentative, and rather condescending self to the match, and it’s understandable why. Obama does not have much
Read MoreNo ‘global warming’ for 16 years
Oct. 15, 2012 By John Seiler Can we cancel AB 32 now? The past 16 years have seen the most intense industrialization the world ever has seen. China has become a global economic powerhouse, surpassing Japan to become the world’s
Read MoreState government is always growing
Oct. 15, 2012 Katy Grimes: It appears that California state government is thriving and growing, while private sectors businesses shrink, close, or move away from California. Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown announced another list of expensive appointments to state agencies
Read MoreAre millionaires really leaving the state?
Oct. 13, 2012 By John Seiler In the debate over the Proposition 30 and Proposition 38 tax increases, the question comes up: Will such tax increases drive millionaires from California? The liberal-oriented California Budget Project just teased us with an
Read MoreCalifornia Concentration Camp
Oct. 12, 2012 By John Seiler The Manhattan Institute recently released a study, using U.S. Census numbers, showing that Californians continue fleeing the state by the hundreds of thousands to avoid record high taxes and strangulating regulations. Walter Williams has
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The post-Constitution VP debate
Oct. 12, 2012 By John Seiler I watch debates differently. I look for how each candidate upholds the U.S. Constitution, which each has taken an oath to “preserve, protect and defend.” In the vice-presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul
Read MorePolls show smarmy Biden loses VP debate
Oct. 12, 2012 Katy Grimes: I couldn’t decide if Vice Presidential incumbent Joe Biden was manic during the VP debate last evening, or just being condescending and rude to intimidate challenger Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Rude, condescending, and just weird,
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Molly Munger “truth slings” Jerry Brown
Oct. 11, 2012 By John Seiler When good-government types decried “mudslinging” in political campaigns, the late journalist Mike Royko instead cheered what he called “truth slinging.” That’s why I’m loving the “truth slinging” onslaught by lawyer Molly Brown against Gov.
Read MoreFear and loathing of charter schools
Oct. 10, 2012 Katy Grimes: I received a distressed phone call yesterday from a reader about a starling accusation of school cheating. This reader, whose children attend the Oxford Preparatory Academy, which runs charter schools in Mission Viejo and Chino,
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