Rights and Liberties

Will severe school lunch policies eventually cost Dems? Maybe

The news this week that UC San Francisco had “unveiled a repository of sugar science, designed to collect the evidence against sweetened foods and disseminate that information to the public — and persuade people to boot fructose and most other

VIDEO: Steve Forbes: The Immigration Debacle

CalWatchdog Staff November 12, 2014

Immigration reform is possible, but nobody in Washington trusts anyone to enforce existing laws, much less hard-fought reforms. Steve Forbes joins Brian Calle to explain why immigration reform is doomed.

VIDEO: A libertarian solution to our illegal immigration crisis

CalWatchdog Staff November 11, 2014

Is the crisis in illegal immigration the product of the government’s failure to properly handle legal immigration? The CATO Institute’s John Allison joins Brian Calle to discuss the right ways to reform our country’s immigration system.

VIDEO: Is the pot legalization movement more important than the Tea Party?

CalWatchdog Staff November 10, 2014

California led the way on many fronts, including the legalization of marijuana. Is it time to give pot to needy Californians now? Reason Magazine’s Editor Matt Welch joins CalWatchdog’s James Poulos to talk about the weird world of legalization culture

Teachers win Torlakson battle, but does Brown want them to win war?

Chris Reed November 7, 2014

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson’s defeat of reformer and fellow Democrat Marshall Tuck on Tuesday prompted analysis pieces that outlined how California’s union-dominated education establishment had rang up another win. While Tuesday night was grim for liberals, embattled teachers

VIDEO: Would six Californias be better than one?

CalWatchdog Staff November 3, 2014

Is the Six Californias plan good for California? Reason Magazine’s Editor Matt Welch joins Cal Watchdog’s James Poulos and we find out what would be missed.

Mercury-News report on mass CA poverty may change coverage

Chris Reed November 2, 2014

The pack mentality of the Sacramento beat reporters is striking. No one wants to point out that the Obama administration says fracking is safe. No one wants to point out that the Local Control Funding Formula turned out to be

Part of bullet-train legal mystery may be answered

Chris Reed October 31, 2014

For close followers of the bullet-train saga, one of the most basic mysteries of recent years has been what happened after Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny’s tentative ruling in August 2013 that blocked the state from starting construction on

$CA hugely benefits from fracking boom that drives enviros nuts$

CA hugely benefits from fracking boom that drives enviros nuts

Chris Reed October 30, 2014

Having seen a gallon of gas drop to $3.09 at a Valero or two — after a summer in which gas prices fell instead of their usual habit of increasing in July and August — I think it’s beyond obvious

Hydropower AB 32 scam as bad as one L.A. Times detailed

Chris Reed October 27, 2014

The Los Angeles Times had a good analysis over the weekend of how AB 32 is being gamed in ways that make suspect its claims to be cleaning up the environment. California’s pioneering climate-change law has a long reach, but