Fuentes Was Conscience Of OC GOP

Steven Greenhut: Ever since former OC GOP Chairman Tom Fuentes’ cancer returned, we all knew it was only a matter of time before we heard the bad news. He passed away Friday night after fighting a long battle. Tom and

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Are the police taking over CA?

May 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes Legislators have just involved themselves in professional sports. A bill was passed in the Assembly Thursday requiring all owners of all professional stadiums and sports arenas to post signs displaying the text message number and

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Silicon Valley is Star City

May 17, 2012 By John Seiler Why do young nerds angling to be the next Steve Jobs still flock to Silicon Valley? That’s where Mark Zuckerberg transplanted Facebook, which he started in his Harvard dorm room. Facebook’s IPO this week

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USA becoming North Korea East

May 17, 2012 By John Seiler Free countries let their people leave at will. Tyrannies don’t let people out without special permission. And if they let anyone leave, they first rob them. A good contrast is North Korea, a tyranny

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They just don’t get it…

May 16, 2012 By John Seiler “Humankind cannot bear very much reality,” said T.S. Eliot. Nowdays, of course, American university professors brand him a “sexist” because he didn’t say “peoplekind.” “Human” implies “man,” which excludes “woman,” and so is sexist.

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Obama golf goofs

May 16, 2012 By John Seiler Our friend Mike Shelton sent another great cartoon:

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Democrats jeopardize $1.3 billion in federal funds

May 15, 2012 By Katy Grimes It appears that Democrats aren’t really sincere or even serious about working toward solutions that will actually help California solve the economic crisis in the state. Last week, Democrats voted against a smart consolidation program

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Pension deniers attempt to shame reform advocates

May 16, 2012 By Brian Calle If you have not read or heard anything about California’s unfunded public employee pension crisis, you’ve probably been living under a rock or, like union bosses and too many members of the state Legislature,

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Walter Russell Mead calls Calif. a ‘failed state’

May 15, 2012 By John Seiler One centrist Democrat I’ve read for years is Walter Russell Mead. He writes the Via Meadea blog for the American Interest. The name is a pun on several levels: his name, mead the beverage,

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