CalWatchDog Blog

Probe shows CA Dems’ talk of ‘social justice’ a smokescreen

Feb. 26, 2013 By Chris Reed There has rarely been a journalistic scoop that did a better job of exposing the fraud that is the claim that state Democrats are the party of social justice than the report last week from California Watch. Its investigation showed that thousands of teachers in...

Is there any hope for CA Republicans?

Feb. 25, 2013 By John Seiler Last week I riffed on a column by Tony Quinn on Republicans, immigration and California, "Are Republicans Finally Learning to Count?" In turn, Quinn has responded to me: "He argues that even if they do so Latinos will not vote for them, and to support immigration ...

L.A. Times finally admits L.A. facing broad decline

Feb. 24, 2013 By Chris Reed As someone who's lived in Southern California since 1990, it's been pretty obvious to me that Los Angeles and Los Angeles County have been in a broad decline that began when the end of the Cold War subtracted tens of thousands of well-paying defense-related jobs fro...

‘Preschool for all’: Obama adopts Meathead goal, spin

Feb. 24, 2013 By Chris Reed Lance Izumi does a great job in the Orange County Register of documenting how President Obama's push for universal preschool is a retread of actor-director Rob Reiner's failed, scandal-scarred push in California --- right down to citing the same shaky study to justi...

CA suffers 3 of 8 “most miserable” cities

Feb. 23, 2013 By John Seiler In Forbes' new ranking, three of the eight "most miserable" cities in the United States are in California: Modesto (No. 5 worst), Vallejo (No. 6) and Stockton (No. 8). Cities were graded on such factors as "crime rates, foreclosures, taxes, home prices, commute tim...

Will nanotech, biotech bonanza rescue state from its politicians?

Feb. 23, 2013 By Chris Reed The Golden State may yet be rescued from its epic mismanagement by private-sector innovation that brings vast new wealth to California. For all our Solyndra-style boondoggles, there's also extraordinarily promising work being done that could make San Diego County th...

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