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SB 323 would yank Boy Scouts’ tax exemption
A bill to strip the Boy Scouts of their tax exemption if the organization refused to lift its ban on homosexual scoutmasters is the first of its kind in the country. The “Youth Equality Bill” is SB323 by Sen. Ricardo Lara,
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America becomes Stalag 13
I was watching the classic TV sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” about a group of American and other allied prisoners stuck in a German prisoner of war camp, Stalag 13, during World War II. The most evil of the Nazis is Gestapo
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We are much less free than in 1975
Economic Policy Journal lists 10 things you could do in 1975 you can’t do today because America is much less free: 1. You could buy an airline ticket and fly without ever showing an ID. 2. You could buy cough
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9th Circuit assaults 1st Amendment
The federal 9th Circuit Court is known for its tyrannical ways. Now it has upheld California’s tyrannical ban on so-called “gay-to-straight therapy” for children. The law, passed last year, on its face violates the 1st Amendment right to freedom
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SWATs Gone Wild
A couple of days ago in this article I debated come commentators about cop SWAT teams. I pointed out how they commonly were abused, and we’d be better off without them. This new story comes from Charlottesville, Virginia, the
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AB 917 would send charter schools to the back of the class
The popularity and success of California’s 900 charter schools aren’t making everyone happy. Union leaders have tried to organize the non-union schools, but unsuccessfully. New tactic: Hamper the charters’ spread. AB 917, which just passed both houses of the Legislature,
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Gun controllers fire volley of bills through Legislature
A new Harvard University study found that gun bans don’t lower the murder rate. That hasn’t prevented the California Legislature from firing a fusillade of new gun-control laws. AB 711, by Assemblyman Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, would make California the first state in the
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Chronicle, ACLU garble history
Are Americans this ignorant of history? Here’s the Chronicle story: Relic of the Red Scare about to vanish After 72 years, it’s time to say goodbye to the California Subversive Organizations Registration Law. Enacted in 1941 to require organizations to
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