by John Campbell | Irvine & D.C.
The origins of Memorial Day can be traced far back into American history. By order of General John A. Logan, ‘Decoration Day’ was first widely observed by Americans in 1868. On this day, citizens, friends, and family would decorate the graves of fallen Civil War soldiers to honor their [...]
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by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles
I used to be what I thought was a liberal. If, at the time, anyone had asked me to explain myself, I would have said that I opposed Jim Crow laws, that I believed workers [...]
by Ray Haynes Temecula
If there is any problem with government budgeting, it is how the government budgeting analysts approach their job. They always (not sometimes, not once in a while, not even frequently, but always) start the budget discussions with what they spent last year on a program by program basis. Take a [...]
by Tom McClintock | Sacramento and D.C
A generation ago, California exemplified its nickname, the Golden State. State spending was less than half per capita, inflation-adjusted, what it is today. Its debt-service ratio was less than a third.
Yet Californians enjoyed one of the finest highway systems in the world and one of the finest public [...]
by Ray Haynes Temecula
Everyone talks about solutions to the budget. I want to put a few out there based on real numbers. The first thing to do is to look at real numbers, from an historical perspective, to determine what to do. Our left wing friends don’t want to look at real numbers, and [...]
by Ray Haynes Temecula
What happened yesterday was a good thing. For too long, Sacramento has acted with contempt for the will of the voters, forgetting that the one-fortieth or one-eightieth of the state the Democrat legislator represents, after having been elected by less that 30% of the voters in that district (usually in the [...]
by J. F. Kelly, Jr. | Coronado
A defining moment in the Obama presidency came early when he left open the door again to investigating and prosecuting Bush administration officials who were responsible for or aware of policies allowing harsh interrogation methods. He had previously expressed personal opposition to such a tactic, saying that it [...]
by Ray Haynes Temecula
I remember a meeting the Governor had with Assembly Republicans right after the 2005 special election debacle. Remember that one? The Governor raised millions of dollars for some mediocre initiatives (and one good one, elimination of agency fee), spent that money on mediocre ads prepared by mediocre consultants, who gave him [...]
by Jon Coupal | Sacramento
Even before this week’s historic special election, the same people and interests which drove California off the financial cliff are, once again, placing blame on Proposition 13. Several anti-Prop. 13 bills have already been introduced in the California Legislature to chip away at the measure’s critical protections. At the Howard Jarvis [...]
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by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles
I’m not of the opinion that a person has to be perfect in order to point out the failings of others, but liberals take it to such an extreme that you have to wonder if [...]
