May 18, 2013 By Chris Reed Say what you will about The New York Times, but at least it's not in denial about fracking the way The Los Angeles Times is. Friday's LAT coverage of new U.S. Interior Department rules for fracking on 756 million acres of public and Indian lands depicted the rules...

May 18, 2013 By John Seiler So much new revenue is flowing into California that Gov. Jerry Brown's May Revise budget projected an extra $4.5 billion this year. But even that was too low for Legislative Analyst, who projected another $3.2 billion on top of that. Total: a $7.7 billion bonanza...

May 17, 2013 By John Seiler Forget politics a bit and put on this YouTube as background music. It's six hours of piano music from the world's greatest composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ptfyhBjXj8  

May 17, 2013 By Chris Reed Nothing brings clarity to the absurdity of unions' claims that they defend the poor and champion social justice than the annual fights over the state budget. Advocates of social services for the poor and needy are up in arms that Gov. Jerry Brown's revised 2013-2014 ...

May 17, 2013 By John Seiler As I pointed out in an earlier post, the Obama IRS enemies list against conservatives and libertarians discredits his so-called 2012 election "victory." And remember how we were told, ceaselessly, that Republicans had to do more to win Hispanic votes, because Oba...

May 16, 2013 By Chris Reed The news that Gov. Jerry Brown wants to "borrow" $500 million in cap-and-trade auction fees to prop up the state's general fund in his revised 2013-14 budget could not have been more predictable. Brown may have an image of fiscal rectitude, but it is fiscal rectit...