July, 2012Mexico dissolves its FBI and moves to legalize drugsTuesday, July 31st, 2012 July 31, 2012 By Chriss Street In a stunning development, President-elect Enrique Pena and his Institutional Revolutionary Party, who won control of Mexico’s government on July 1, moved to dissolve the Agencia Federal de Investigación. Modeled after the United States' FBI, the AFI was fo... Calif. regs killing lumber manufacturersTuesday, July 31st, 2012 July 31, 2012 By Katy Grimes California's private forest lands are some of the most productive in the world. But state regulation of timber harvesting practices have become so overbearing and complex that the industry is losing lumber manufacturers by the droves, production has been drasticall... Cal State’s Early Start Program sparks oppositionMonday, July 30th, 2012 July 31, 2012 By Ariel Carmona Jr. In recent years the California State University system has worked to jump-start many incoming freshmen through the controversial Early Start Program. But in the wake of the ESP, a number of educators across all CSU's 23 campuses have expressed concerns over ... San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee attacks Chick-fil-AMonday, July 30th, 2012 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 cities around. For example, on June 6, San Fran voted a whopping 74... Dominant Dems rule and ruin SactoMonday, July 30th, 2012July 30, 2012 By Katy Grimes As Democrats have taken over most of the Golden State, an ugly attitude has crept in. This bad attitude is demonstrative of what's wrong with today's Democrats, and why they get called Socialists. They think they are above the law because they now control the law. ... Police shooting policies need rethinkingSunday, July 29th, 2012 July 30, 2012 By Steven Greenhut While sitting in a restaurant in Philadelphia's Chinatown during my first visit here in more than a decade, I watched TV news reports of violent protests erupting in normally placid Anaheim after two fatal police shootings the prior weekend. It was shocking. Th... Calif. universities could expand without tax increasesSunday, July 29th, 2012July 30, 2012 By Michael Poliakoff and Andrew Gillen From coast to coast, discontent rocks the great flagship universities. State funding is declining and institutions are responding with ever rising tuitions. But the response is far from inevitable. Remedies are already in hand, but for the w... Parks Dept. corruption not isolatedFriday, July 27th, 2012 July 27, 2012 By Katy Grimes The recent scandal inside of the State Parks and Recreation Department is no surprise to anyone, but the levels of corruption, schemes and deceit, is. The agency director, Ruth Coleman, resigned. But as she resigned, she tried to distance herself from the va... Parent Trigger is welcome school reformFriday, July 27th, 2012July 27, 2012 By Joseph Perkins California public schools received their annual report cards last month. On the state’s 10-point grading scale -- with 10 being the highest and 1 the lowest -- Desert Trails Elementary School earned a 1. The parents of school children enrolled in Desert ... |