DEC. 22, 2011 by WAYNE LUSVARDI Dr. Seuss's children's story, "The Grinch That Stole Christmas," applies to California in 2011. Seuss's story is about an unhappy cave-dwelling creature with an undersized heart that lives on Mt. Crumpit just north of Whoville -- home of the “Whos.”  The...

Commentary DEC. 22, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Shame on the Los Angeles Times for dredging up old charges that Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul is a racist. Its editorial yesterday was headlined, "Ron Paul's Racist Link." Except that there was no racism by Ron Paul, and no "link." ...

DEC. 21, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT Over the summer, Calwatchdog published a series of articles documenting the way that the political Left exploited the redistricting process to assure strong gains for the Democratic Party. The report included an exclusive interview with a redistricting commiss...

DEC. 21, 2011 By KATY GRIMES At a recent Assembly hearing to ferret out how and why the California Department of State Parks and Recreation agency hasn't come up with a thorough closure plan for 70 state parks, the elephant in the room was ignored. This is not uncommon in legislative hearin...