Sept. 29, 2011 A coalition of 26 states filed a petition this week asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care reform law. California should have been the 27th. That’s because no state stands to take a bigger economic...
September, 2011Obamacare No Boon to CA WorkersThursday, September 29th, 2011Liberal Elites Lavish ObamaWednesday, September 28th, 2011 SEPT. 28, 2011 Tinseltown. Swimming pools. Movie stars. On the campaign trail, President Barack Obama has been unsuccessfully promoting himself as a “warrior” for the middle class. So a lavish fundraising trip to Hollywood must have been a welcome diversion from all of the Flyover Country... Gov., Heed Your Libertarian ImpulseMonday, September 26th, 2011Sept. 26, 2011 It's time for Gov. Jerry Brown to release his inner libertarian. I know. This sounds nuts, or born of wishful thinking. The governor has spent his first months in office advocating more government spending and protecting the ravenous public-sector unions that helped elect him... California’s War on MotoristsSunday, September 25th, 2011 SEPT. 25, 2011 Laguna Niguel motorists should honk their horns in celebration. Their city council this week voted not to join the ranks of local governments throughout the state that have installed red light cameras on their streets. The primary function of “automated traffic enforcement sys... The Black Hole of Green MarketingWednesday, September 21st, 2011 SEPT. 21, 2011 Even with the recent news that bankrupt solar energy company Solyndra received questionable federal loan guarantees, Americans should be demanding, “Show me the money!” While Solyndra appears to have been a black hole of green marketing, the wealthy, politically well-connected ... Pension Wars Will Be Fought At City HallMonday, September 19th, 2011 SEPT. 19, 2011 Breathe a deep sigh of relief now that state legislators have headed home. As Judge Gideon Tucker (and also attributed to Mark Twain) exclaimed, “No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.” You are safer now than you were a little over a wee... Solyndra Crash Hits Green BusinessesFriday, September 16th, 2011 SEPT. 16, 2011 Solyndra, the Fremont solar-panel manufacturer that went belly up last week, was the subject of a hearing Wednesday all the way in the nation’s Capitol. Lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Committee on Oversight and Investigations wanted to get to the botto... Part-Time Leg Could Save CAThursday, September 15th, 2011 SEPT. 15, 2011 As the most regulated, taxed and governed state in the country, California is quickly disintegrating into an unrecognizable oligarchy -- a power structure controlled by a small number of people. In typical oligarchies, rulers are usually royalty or the wealthy, or there is military... 9/11 Memorials in PerspectiveMonday, September 12th, 2011 SEPT. 11, 2011 In my years writing for newspapers, I've always hated the commemoration ritual. What new insight can we offer about Thanksgiving? What words can still capture the essence of D-Day? And this weekend, what can we really say that ameliorates the horror of 9/11? Mainly, I hate how c... Calif. Business Community Attacks SelfWednesday, September 7th, 2011SEPT. 7, 2011 Amazon is sponsoring a measure, slated for the June 2012 ballot, which would repeal a recently enacted state law that, for the first time, requires online retailers with no physical presence in California to nonetheless collect state sales taxes. The nation’s largest online ret... |