Politics and Elections
Back to homepageField’s upbeat Prop. 30 poll at odds with insiders’ assumptions
Nov. 1, 2012 By Chris Reed Has the fog that’s settled over national polling because of the gap between Nate Silver’s 538 blog and the Gallup/Rasmussen numbers arrived in California? Maybe. On Proposition 30, we’re seeing plenty of “precriminations,” as
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Playing dumb on why students are charged illegal fees
Nov. 1, 2012 Chris Reed: I think some of the best writing about California’s public schools appears on education-specific blogs and websites, not in newspapers. I’ve read EdSource regularly for a long time. But these sites also serve up lots
Read MoreProp 37: Right to know or right to sue?
Nov. 1, 2012 By Dave Roberts Proposition 37 has been touted as a simple measure that provides consumers with the right to know what is in the food they buy at grocery stores. It requires that all products containing ingredients
Read More‘Will San Diego elect a gay libertarian or a snarling misanthrope as mayor?’
Nov. 1, 2012 By Chris Reed That’s the headline I suggested for the a piece I did for the American Spectator on the election fight in my hometown. “SAN DIEGO — For four decades, California’s second-largest city has had a
Read MoreDesperate governor turns to distortions
Oct. 31, 2012 Steven Greenhut Gov. Jerry Brown has fiddled while Sacramento has burned, squandering his entire governorship on a pointless campaign to massively raise income taxes on the poor, middle class and wealthy Californians through the Prop. 30 sales
Read MoreProp. 30 aftermath: Dan Walters channels CalWatchdog
Oct. 31, 2012 By Chris Reed On Tuesday, CalWatchdog told readers that the idea the teachers unions would accept trigger cuts if Prop. 30 failed was ridiculous. “Does anyone really think the California Teachers Association and its less brash little
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Archie Bunker explains the election
Oct. 31, 2012 By John Seiler Back in the late 1970s, with a previous bogus energy “crisis” striking, and Democrats demanding that citizens make “sacrifices,” philosopher Archie Bunker explained what was going in words that still resonate today.
Read MoreGov. Brown campaigns for rich public-employee unions
Commentary Oct. 31, 2012 By Mark Cabaniss If you have the stomach, listen to Jesuit seminary dropout (1957) Gov. Jerry Brown out on the campaign trail recently, selling his newest tax hike, Proposition 30: “I like to quote from St.
Read MoreN.Y. Times continues tradition of inept California coverage
Oct. 30, 2012 By Chris Reed The New York Times’ history of poor coverage of California is extreme. It always blames Prop. 13 for the state’s problems. It offers 8,000-word analyses of California’s government dysfunction that never mention the power
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