Politics and Elections
Back to homepageWhy minorities are cold to green agenda: what Politico missed
Dec. 31, 2012 By Chris Reed Politico reporter Talia Buford had a weekend analysis piece about the environmental movement’s theories on why its sweeping proposals haven’t advanced in Washington. The main thesis: “The green movement dreams of pushing major bills
Read MoreNot just GOP but libertarians have failed message
Dec. 27, 2012 By Chris Reed There has been lots of perfectly appropriate anguish among Republicans over their party’s failures in California and nationally. Losing to a president with a bad record has prompted vast soul-searching among GOP true believers.
Read MoreSure, the GOP must change, but …
Dec. 26, 2012 By Steven Greenhut Without fail, whenever Republicans lose elections, liberal commentators eagerly chime in with advice designed to “help” the GOP become more relevant and competitive. The advice is so common and predictable that it leaves me
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Sam Donaldson defends his tax subsidy
Dec. 26, 2012 By John Seiler Back in 1995, USA Today reported that broadcaster Sam Donaldson received $84,742 in federal subsidies from taxpayers for a horse farm in New Mexico. So it’s understandable why he defends the current regime of
Read MoreYou and what army are going to make me pay?
Dec. 24, 2012 By Chris Reed The city of San Bernardino’s defiance of CalPERS’ demands for payment will be remembered as the first in a very long line of defiant acts from local governments in California as budgets that don’t
Read MoreThe hardball tactics that got Prop. 39 tax hike passed
Dec. 20, 2012 By Chris Reed In June, California voters rejected a hike on cigarette taxes to fund cancer research. The defeat of Proposition 29 strongly suggested that the general anti-tax beliefs of most of the Golden State electorate remained
Read MoreRestoring the GOP and the American Dream
Commentary Dec. 20, 2012 By B. Wayne Hughes Jr. The Republican Party lost the presidential election of 2012. Here in California, my own state doubled down on big government by adding a novel surcharge to its already high 11.3 percent income
Read MoreLAUSD board confirms its union-occupied status
Dec. 18, 2012 By Chris Reed When I heard that the Los Angeles Unified school board had passed a resolution barring its superintendent from seeking grants without board approval, I was 10,000 percent certain it was because John Deasy had
Read MoreCalPERS’ new shtick: Ripping CalPERS = ripping retirees. Groan.
Dec. 17, 2012 By Chris Reed The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is a piece of work. For years, it has downplayed the pension crisis, ignored its central role in the crisis by encouraging a 50 percent retroactive giveaway to
Read MoreNewsom begins new anti-gun campaign
Dec. 15, 2012 By Katy Grimes Immediately after the horrific and tragic school shooting in Connecticut Friday, opportunistic politicians all across the country jumped on the anti-gun bandwagon. My CalWatchdog colleague John Seiler, thankfully also jumped on the politicians yesterday.
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