Rights and Liberties
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Laura Sucheski: Today Google announced the launch of Google applications specifically for use by federal, state, and local government agencies. Google, which has received government and media attention for its questionable uses of private information, says that the applications have
Read MoreSeen at the Capitol…
Katy Grimes: A rally and resource fair was held on the steps at the state Capitol today to mark the 20th Anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The goal of the “ADA 2010 educate and
Read MorePasadena seeks sanctuary
JULY 23, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Judicial Watch, a non-profit public interest legal foundation, filed a complaint July 10 in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging the Pasadena Police Department (PPD) has been non-responsive for over 30 days to its June 4 request for public
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Direct De-mockery
Laura Sucheski: Supporters of “traditional marriage” may soon have the opportunity to legally ban divorce. That’s right… ban it. As of today, proponents of the 2012 California Marriage Protection Act may begin collecting signatures to get their proposal on the
Read MoreAnother Tacky Newspaper Blunder
Katy Grimes: Political campaigns get nasty. That’s not news. We expect the gloves to come off and a good fight between candidates to ensue. However, when the attacks turn intensely personal, some operatives just don’t know when to shut up.
Read MoreOakland Protesters, Outsider Looters
Katy Grimes: The Oakland protestors upset over the “involuntary manslaughter” verdict of Johannes Mehserle’s murder trial of victim Oscar Grant, have a reason to be upset. Many city residents feel that it could have been any of their kids shot
Read MoreWrist-slap in Grant case
Steven Greenhut: It’s easy to understand why many people in Oakland believe that it’s impossible to get a fair shake from the justice system, after a Los Angeles jury came back with an involuntary manslaughter verdict in the murder trial
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Justice for Oscar Grant?
Steven Greenhut: When I’ve written about controversial police shootings in my time as a columnist and editorial writer for the Orange County Register, I would always get the predictable response from police officers, their unions and their supporters. I wasn’t
Read MoreAssemblyman backs Steele
From Steven Greenhut: Assemblyman Chris Norby, R-Fullerton, has weighed in on the latest controversy over Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele, who has gotten himself into some hot water with GOP war hawks over a sensible statement Steele made about Afghanistan.
Read MoreHillary's July 4 conversion
Steven Greenhut: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during her tour of Eastern Europe, warned, “[W]e must be wary of the steel vise in which governments around the world are slowly crushing civil society and the human spirit.” That’s true, of
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