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Back to homepageTime to break up California?
Sept. 6, 2012 By John Seiler Looks like Canada is breaking up. Reported RT.com: “The separatist Parti Quebecois has won Quebec’s regional elections and will form a new government there, once again raising the possibility of a referendum on independence
Read MoreState Cuts Lead to Judicial Triage
July 31, 2012 By Dave Roberts “A sense of confidence in the courts is essential to maintain the fabric of ordered liberty for a free people. And three things could destroy that confidence and do incalculable damage to society: that
Read MoreSan Francisco Mayor Ed Lee attacks Chick-fil-A
July 30, 2012 By John Seiler San Francisco has a reputation as a “tolerant” city, the capital of the 1967 Summer of Love, Haight-Ashbury and all that. Whatever it was in psychedelic Sixties, today it’s one of the most intolerant
Read MoreOfficials’ foolishness slams cities
July 23, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — First, Vallejo, in 2008. Next, Stockton, then Mammoth Lakes and, now, San Bernardino and soon, perhaps, Compton. As Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach told Bloomberg News, the bankruptcy dominoes are starting to
Read MoreUC San Fran’ s hypocrisy on Prop. 29 campaign funding
May 25, 2012 By John Seiler I love this part of the political campaign, just before the election, because the candidates and special interests get desperate and start slinging mud at one another. The late, great columnist Mike Royko said
Read MoreLegislature worse than occupiers
May 7, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — Occupy Wall Street protesters are reminiscent of writer R. Emmett Tyrrell’s criticism of radical feminists: They don’t know what they want, but they want it very badly. On May Day, the protesters
Read MoreCalif. gas prices more than double in 8 years
April 28, 2012 By John Seiler The following chart I made from GasBuddy.com, which also lets you find the cheapest local gas prices. The chart shows gas prices in three areas for the past eight years. Note that Los Angeles
Read MoreSan Fran hunts down zombie candidates
April 5, 2012 By Dave Roberts Zombies staggered around San Francisco during its 2011 election, feeding on unsuspecting taxpayers. These “zombie candidates” for mayor received millions of dollars in public funds for their campaigns, even though their chances of winning
Read MoreS.F. Upholds Right to Hold Public Officials Accountable
Commentary MARCH 27, 2012 By MICHAEL WARNKEN I have been casually watching the events in San Francisco involving Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and the county Board of Supervisors. The sheriff recently plead guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence in an incident involving
Read MorePelosi Backs Govt. Workers Over Us
John Seiler: Federal government workers, incredibly, make on average twice what we tax-slaves make in the private sector. Reported USA Today: “At a time when workers’ pay and benefits have stagnated, federal employees’ average compensation has grown to more than
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