by J. F. Kelly, Jr. | Coronado
President Barack Obama, more than any previous president, has dominated the media. Hardly a day passes without front page or prime time TV coverage of the president weighing in on something. The adoring media can’t get enough of this photogenic and voluble president. A friendly media is a [...]
by Jon Coupal | Sacramento
Senator Steinberg, I realize that you are not inclined to listen to the concerns of ordinary taxpayers so you will probably ignore this message — hmmm, perhaps if we called ourselves a taxpayers “union” that would get your attention. Also, if you do read this, it will probably not be for [...]
by J. F. Kelly, Jr. | Coronado
Like so many other important issues, health care reform has become bogged down in partisan politics with liberals and conservatives again lining up on opposite sides. When that happens, each side digs in and focuses its energies, not so much on achieving compromise, as in defeating the opposition [...]
by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles
Frankly, I’m beginning to feel a lot like Howard Beale, the character portrayed by Peter Finch in the 1976 release, “Network.” He insisted that people get up right now and go to the window, open it, [...]
by Jon Coupal | Sacramento
By any measure, California’s government employee unions have been overwhelmingly successful — in advancing their own interests.
Pay for government workers ranks first out of 50 states. They have no competition. Their political clout allows them to select most of their own supervisors, otherwise known as the members of the state Legislature.
by Jon Coupal | Sacramento
What are taxpayers to think about the budget deal reached last night by California’s political leadership? For those who not only carry the financial freight for themselves but also for government, the budget definitely reflects a mixed bag.
But let’s start with a major caveat up front. As far as we know, [...]
by J. F. Kelly, Jr. | Coronado
As we all know, Barack Obama won the presidency as the candidate of hope and change. We are apparently still stuck in the “hope” phase because actual change is proving difficult in spite of good intentions. What change we do begin to see, at least on the domestic [...]
by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles
In case you were off on a different planet and hadn’t heard the news, Michael Jackson died. It was a tragedy. Not that this piece of human rubbish had died, but that the media, including Fox [...]
by John R. Graham | San Francisco
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom recently wrote a column for the Huffington Post promoting his Healthy San Francisco plan as a model for the federal “public option” touted by President Obama. Healthy San Francisco could be a model, but not in the way Mayor Newsom imagines.
by John Campbell | Irvine & D.C.
Perhaps one of the most important debates raging now in Washington is centered on the socialization, or nationalization, of health care, essentially putting all or most Americans on the equivalent of Medicare. The proponents of such an idea can often be heard saying that Americans have a “right” to [...]
