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Back to homepageNational microtargeting drove youth vote, not Prop. 30
Nov. 10, 2012 By Chris Reed I have interviewed Tony Quinn for my old radio shows several times and acknowledge he knows way more about California politics than I do. But he is flatly, simply wrong when he writes the
Read MoreIn San Diego, is libertarian dream alive, stalled — or dead?
Nov. 8, 2012 By Chris Reed San Diegans had an extremely unusual choice for mayor Tuesday, picking between a gay libertarian who’d already turned the city into a hotbed of government experimentation and a 20-year congressman who is a ’60s-ethos
Read More2012’s October surprise: Media’s decision to ignore Benghazi lies
Nov. 6, 2012 By Chris Reed As a libertarian who still seethes over Newt Gingrich’s and George W. Bush’s betrayal of small-government conservatism, I have tons of issues with the modern Republican Party. But I have to say the GOP
Read MoreCARB scandal also shames California media
Nov. 5, 2012 By Chris Reed It was four years ago yesterday that the California Air Resources Board sent out a letter that marked the beginning of an amazingly juicy and revealing scandal that the Los Angeles Times and San
Read MoreAbout time: Bipartisan anger over political use of public funds
Nov. 3, 2012 By Chris Reed Everywhere one looks in California, school districts are openly using government resources to lobby for Prop. 30, and supporters of the tax-hike measure don’t care if it is against the law. Situational ethics on
Read MoreField’s upbeat Prop. 30 poll at odds with insiders’ assumptions
Nov. 1, 2012 By Chris Reed Has the fog that’s settled over national polling because of the gap between Nate Silver’s 538 blog and the Gallup/Rasmussen numbers arrived in California? Maybe. On Proposition 30, we’re seeing plenty of “precriminations,” as
Read MoreN.Y. Times continues tradition of inept California coverage
Oct. 30, 2012 By Chris Reed The New York Times’ history of poor coverage of California is extreme. It always blames Prop. 13 for the state’s problems. It offers 8,000-word analyses of California’s government dysfunction that never mention the power
Read MoreProp. 30: If it fails, then it holds teacher pay hostage, not kids
Oct. 30, 2012 By Chris Reed Proposition 30’s fading poll prospects have led to redoubled efforts by Gov. Jerry Brown and his media allies to warn us how we will betray our schoolchildren if we don’t raise sales taxes and
Read MoreCongressional race in San Diego takes macabre turn
Oct. 29, 2012 By Chris Reed In the 52nd congressional district, San Diego’s small-government conservatives don’t have all too much to cheer for. Incumbent Brian Bilbray was part of the 1994 “Contract for America” class of House Republicans who betrayed
Read MoreL.A. Times education reporter: Oblivious or in the tank?
Oct. 25 By Chris Reed The Los Angeles Times is the biggest newspaper in the state by far, presumably staffed with veteran reporters with a BS detector. As it turns out, the reporter on one of their most important beats
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