May 15, 2013 By John Seiler We're constantly told that California governments have a "constitutional obligation" to pay for the pensions of public-sector employees. Except when there's no money left. If a city, county or even the state goes absolutely flat broke, then nothing will be paid. ...

May 14, 2013 By Katy Grimes The Associated Press found itself in an interesting juxtaposition yesterday when it had to report that the Obama Justice Department secretly obtained two months of AP's own employees' phone records. In what can only be called strange, the Obama Justice Depa...

May 14, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- Another secretive budget is in the near future as Democrats passed 37 empty budget "spot bills" Monday. It was business as usual in the Assembly. Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, D-Los Angeles, the author of AB 74, the budget bills, and Chairman of the...

May 14, 2013 By Chris Reed This is saying a lot. But in my 23 years in California, no regulation has more clearly established the vapidity of how the state's regulatory culture works than a new rule embraced by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board. My colleague at the U-T San Diego, b...

May 14, 2103 By John Seiler Just last week at his commencement address at Ohio State University, President Barack Obama intoned to the young graduates: "Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's...

May 14, 2013 By John Seiler Cops are getting out of control, especially in California. Not yet two years since the Fullerton police beat to death homeless man Kelly Thomas on July 5, 2011, comes this: "Blood stains are still visible on the sidewalk at the corner of Flower Street and Palm Driv...