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Back to homepageShould Pet Ownership Trump Public Safety?
AUG. 19, 2010 What’s wrong with a mother who locks her 12-year old son in the basement for his own safety, but leaves the family’s two Pit Bull dogs loose in the house while she runs errands? That’s just one
Read MoreJerry Brown: State will take 'problem' gamblers' winnings
Steven Greenhut: An astute reader sent along a new press release from Attorney General Jerry Brown announcing a program to “help” gamblers. Problem gamblers sign up for an exclusion list (voluntarily for now). If they go to a casino, here’s
Read MoreShakedown threatens nursing homes
AUGUST 11, 2010 A Humboldt County jury recently awarded $677 million in a class-action lawsuit against a nursing home operator — an award that may put Skilled Healthcare Group‘s nursing homes out of business, and could mark the entire industry for
Read MoreBan makes shopping annoying
AUGUST 9, 2010 While walking though the supermarket the other day, my wife and I began playing a game I call Unintended Consequences. We tried to guess how things will really work after some new law is put in place.
Read MoreGreen Teens and the Great Chemistry Crusade!
AUG. 6, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Californians are ignorant and unconcerned about toxic chemicals found in products sold to consumers, say supporters of the new California Green Chemistry Initiative. But in the name of bringing more information to consumers, backers
Read MoreWill an Electrolyte Drink Ban Save Kids?
AUGUST 5, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI Gatorade, Powerade and other sports drinks could soon be the latest food items prohibited for sale in California public middle and high schools if a bill promoted by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is approved this
Read MoreHalt! Drop the Starfish!
AUG. 3, 2010 Advocates for big government can always be expected to stoke our fears to justify higher taxes, more regulations and the hiring of additional government workers. One of the most sensational examples of this phenomenon was provided last
Read MoreFireside Chat on Global Warming
Katy Grimes: Talk of record temperatures across the country did not make it into the panel discussion held by the Public Policy Institute of California on Friday, but discussion about the partisan divide on global warming did. Discussion fueled by
Read MoreUnsexy Environmental Bills
JULY 30, 2010 Most environmental legislation is about as exciting as a trip across Kansas in a Greyhound bus, and consequently, falls under the radar of media scrutiny. Environmental bills just aren’t sexy enough to warrant much coverage. But the
Read MoreGoing Green is Becoming Irrelevant
JULY 23, 2010 In spite of the fact that the U. S. Senate has finally thrown in the towel on Cap and trade legislation, California continues to push the green agenda. Yesterday it was announced that Senate majority leader Harry
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