Rights and Liberties
Back to homepageWhen heroes become bureaucrats
JULY 26, 2011 This article first appeared in City Journal. By STEVEN GREENHUT On Memorial Day, a suicidal man waded into San Francisco Bay outside the city of Alameda and stood there for about an hour, neck-deep in chilly water,
Read MoreActually, Jerry, Blacks Exiting CA
John Seiler: In an address yesterday to the NAACP, Gov. Jerry Brown contrasted his highly tolerant and politically correct self with a predecessor. According the Bee, he “said that California has come a long way since the state’s first civilian governor said
Read MoreWhy would Sacto tap a failed leader?
Commentary JULY 22, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT The Sacramento Bee reported today that John Shirey, executive director of the California Redevelopment Association, is the top candidate to be Sacramento’s next city manager. This choice only confirms the small-town mentality of
Read MoreNow these are good family values
Steven Greenhut: Orange County’s Family Action PAC on Thursday honored Assemblymen Chris Norby, R-Fullerton, and Allan Mansoor, R-Costa Mesa, for their votes in support of the governor’s bill ending redevelopment agencies. Norby gave a talk about the redevelopment monster, I
Read MoreGive A Convict A Job
Katy Grimes: Never has it been more evident that California is in a downward spiral on the verge of economic, social and political collapse — San Francisco is now pushing to make convicted criminals a protected class so that prospective
Read MoreLawmakers Oppose Circumcision Ban
(Editor’s note: This blog has been corrected.) Katy Grimes: Today [July 21, 2011] at 3:30 in San Francisco, three state legislators are trying to stop the city of San Francisco from infringing on people’s religious rights. First introduced as a
Read MoreLA Times: First responders who don't
Steven Greenhut: Here is my piece from today’s Los Angeles Times regarding police and fire officials who are too bureaucratic and uncaring to do their jobs. JULY 20, 2011
Read MoreSchool Food Statism Makes Kids Sick
JULY 18, 2011 With many public schools now feeding children breakfast and lunch, and even forbidding parents to send homemade lunches to school for their children, it is obvious that the state has decided that it is a better parent.
Read MoreStopping cop cell-phone searches
JULY 18, 2011 Thanks to a little-discussed state Supreme Court decision in January, the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protections against “unreasonable searches and seizures” don’t necessarily apply in California anymore. Yet few of our fellow citizens have been upset about
Read MoreGays Make History In California
Katy Grimes: Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed a strange new bill into law yesterday requiring public schools in California to teach students about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, beginning January 1, 2011. California public school textbooks will be required
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