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Media: A crisis of content?
Oct. 7, 2012 Katy Grimes: A story in the Sacramento Bee Saturday reported that Israel’s liberal press is on the ropes. But the McClatchy writer’s conclusions about why are laughable. “The economic crisis that’s hit the newspaper industry in the
Read MoreWhere are the jobs, jobs, jobs?
Oct. 7, 2012 Katy Grimes: Friday morning the latest monthly jobs reportwas released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “The unemployment rate decreased to 7.8 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 114,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
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Deja vu: Aging rockers back rich government workers
Oct. 5, 2012 By John Seiler I’m still partial to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s early albums. I’m listening to “Deja Vu” free on YouTube. But along with their waistlines, their left-wing politics haven’t improved with age. They’re backing the
Read MoreChris Reed talks Props 30, 38 on National Public Radio
Oct. 5, 2012 CalWatchdog contributor Chris Reed was on “Which Way, L.A.?” on KCRW on Thursday to talk about why Propositions 30 and 38 deserve to fail. KCRW is one of the most popular NPR stations in the nation. Reed
Read MoreDebate ignored issue crucial to California: immigration
Oct. 4, 2012 By John Seiler I agree with my colleague Katy Grimes’ assessment that Mitt Romney easily won last night’s debate. He easily command over President Valium. But the debate ignored an issue critical to California: immigration. Romney won
Read MoreThe California roots of Obama calling government spending ‘investments’
Oct. 4, 2012 By Chris Reed Last night, when President Obama repeatedly described government spending as “investments,” no one batted an eyelash. This is how Democrats now talk. But few are aware of the California roots of this linguistic gambit.
Read MoreProp. 31 should be an issue for left-wingers, too
Oct. 3, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Tom Elias’ Oct. 2 column in the Redding Record Searchlight newspaper inferred Proposition 31 is only being opposed by some right-wing crackpots. Actually, Prop. 31 is far from only a rightwing issue. It should
Read MoreElection 2012: ‘Survivor’ or ‘Clueless?’
Oct. 2, 2012 Katy Grimes: Voter fatigue is no longer an factor this election cycle because thoughtful voters appear instead to be tuning out entirely to media and polls, and instead tuning into reality television. There’s an irony. “It’s getting
Read MoreSomebody else compares Mitt to Meg
Oct. 1, 2012 By John Seiler On Sept. 25, I pointed out the similarities between Meg Whitman and her 2010 campaign for California governor and Mitt Romney and his 2012 campaign for president. I wrote: “Remember Meg Whitman’s campaign for
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