Inside Government

Politicians, media distort economic facts

Feb. 6, 2013 By Katy Grimes The U.S. economy lost more than 1.4 million jobs between December and January. But it’s almost impossible to find any reports in the mainstream media about this. Instead, the media primarily have reported on reduced

Video: Victor Hanson on California’s white minority and why it doesn’t matter

CalWatchdog Staff February 5, 2013

Feb. 5, 2013 By Brian Calle This is another segment in my recent interview with scholar and prolific author Victor Davis Hanson. He talks about legislation, pensions, schools, whites as a minority and immigration.

Karma time: Unions figure out Obamacare is a nightmare

CalWatchdog Staff February 5, 2013

Feb. 5, 2013 By Chris Reed As I noted in a CalWatchdog post last week, the California media are covering the state government’s aggressive attempts to lead the nation in the early implemenation of Obamacare without bringing up its immense fundamental

A kinder, gentler, gender-neutral state

CalWatchdog Staff February 4, 2013

Feb. 4, 2013 By Katy Grimes Have you noticed the press releases from legislators at the state Capitol are all gender-neutral? Lawmakers and staff refer to each other as “Assembly members,” and not “Assemblywoman” or “Assemblyman.” And even more ridiculously,

Video: Victor Davis Hanson: The future of CA you don’t want to know

CalWatchdog Staff February 4, 2013

Feb. 4, 2013 By Brian Calle In my interview with Victor Davis Hanson, he warns of higher user fees in California. And more traffic tickets.

Video: Good news: 3/4 of Americans distrust the federal govt.

CalWatchdog Staff February 1, 2013

Feb. 1, 2013 By John Seiler Some good news: As Judy Woodruff reports, 73 percent of Americans distrust the U.S. government., that relentless tyrant that controls, robs and ruins our lives. This is an opportunity for Republicans. They have been

Kotkin: Economy shifting to U.S. South

CalWatchdog Staff February 1, 2013

Feb. 1, 2013 By John Seiler In another incisive article, Joel Kotkin writes how economic power in America is shifting from high-tax, highly unionized states, including California, to the freer, more business-friendly states of the U.S. South: “The common media

U.S. Dems ask NFL, NBA for advice on climate change

CalWatchdog Staff February 1, 2013

Feb. 1, 2013 By Katy Grimes Reader warning: Only read this story if you have low blood pressure; this could make your head explode. If you were on-the-fence about man-made climate change, this should finally knock you off and bring

Study finds corporate tax breaks are ‘corporate welfare’

CalWatchdog Staff January 31, 2013

Jan. 31, 2013 By Katy Grimes A new study just released by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation and the Reason Foundation found many California tax breaks given to corporations constitute corporate welfare, shows how they actually impede economic growth, and contribute

‘We are now Europe!’

CalWatchdog Staff January 30, 2013

Jan. 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes Rick Santelli, my favorite vociferous and opinionated financial news guru, today said that with the federal government’s release of the latest report finally showing that the economy actually shrunk in the fourth quarter last year, “We are