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One of the reasons public education is so messed up in California is that matters aren’t controlled here by the locals, or even by Sacramento, but mainly by bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. That control has increased greatly over the past
Read MoreCorrection: Chuck DeVore blog removed
I removed a post on Chuck DeVore I wrote earlier today after he alerted me to mistakes in it. My apologies to Chuck, whom I have known for more than a decade. I’ll be more careful. — John Seiler
Read MoreRemembering Gov. Reagan
Not sure if you folks at home realize this, but today — May 2, 2010 — is the 42nd anniversary of the “Draft Reagan” movement that tried to get then-California Governor Ronald Reagan to run for President of the United
Read MoreAz boycott would hurt Cal
Just when you thought state politicians couldn’t harm California any more, they’ve come up with a scheme to boycott Arizona businesses and governments that do business in California. But one of the reasons America is so prosperous is because we
Read MoreHagman wears union label
Assemblyman Curt Hagman, R-Chino Hills, is the latest “conservative” Republican who often does the union bidding. Hagman has championed two bills that would greatly expand the disability presumption for union workers. In AB2253, he promoted the idea that if firefighters or peace
Read MoreNFIB Holds Capitol Conference
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) held the second annual Day At The Capitol event today. What might sound like a snoozer to many, of particular note on the speaking agenda were Assembly members Felipe Fuentes, D-Sylmar and Alyson
Read MoreLiberal group's (PPIC) loaded questions
Big surprise: A liberal-leaning think tank releases a study showing that Californians want more government spending on public education. As the Public Policy Institute of California explains in a newly released study, “As California once again confronts a multibillion dollar budget
Read MoreAl Gore: Your new neighbor
Despite his environmental hysteria, Al Gore long has had one of the biggest “carbon footprints” of any mammal on the planet. A “carbon footprint” is how much carbon your existence spews into the environment. Gore already owned a massive, 20-room,
Read MoreFiorina celebrated government loans
… and was, apparently, a big fan of Small Business Administration affirmative action. Check out this speech from 2003. It’s funny watching these liberal wealthy Republicans (Carly Fiorina, Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman, for instance) all of sudden discover their inner conservatism now
Read MoreWe're No. 3! (in high taxes)
A new study ranks Taxifornia No. 3 among the 50 states in taxes. First is New Taxersey. Second is Taxesota. Taxifornia jumped from fourth place to third place. Come on, my fellow Taxifornians, we can do it! We can be
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