Rights and LibertiesObama-connected Media Matters smeared prez criticsTuesday, May 21st, 2013 May 21, 2013 By John Seiler Last year, the Obama-connected left-wing group Media Matters engaged in a vendetta against the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is a venerable, old, bipartisan group that helps legislators craft bills. Media Matters was upset that ALEC had produced model ... Leg still obsessed with tax increasesSaturday, May 18th, 2013 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... CA public sector: Laws? We don’t need no stinking lawsSunday, May 12th, 2013 May 12, 2013 By Chris Reed In the private sector, there are all kinds of laws that govern employment, conduct, conflict of interest and appropriate use of shareholder funds. They may not always be enforced, but in the best-run companies, they are usually taken seriously. In the public secto... Feds try to ban 3D gunFriday, May 10th, 2013 May 10, 2013 By John Seiler The old Soviet Union tyranny tightly controlled Xerox copiers. Every machine had to be registered with the government, which kept copies of the printouts. Each copier had a "footprint" that's different from other copiers. So if someone used a particular Xerox machin... Raytheon splits CaliforniaTuesday, May 7th, 2013 May 7, 2013 By John Seiler The California economy seems to be doing well. Unemployment is down. The governor's May Revise of the budget surplus, due next week, likely will report an unexpected $4.5 billion in extra revenue. Except that companies keep leaving the state. The latest from the D... On gun shows and leisure suits…Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 May 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes What do leisure suits and gun shows have in common? More than you might think. It turns out that some members of the California Senate don't particularly like either. But I'll bet in this Legislature, gun shows are despised more. But this is about constitution... California’s new undocumented jurorsThursday, April 25th, 2013April 26, 2013 By Katy Grimes The dead Boston Bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, would have been eligible to serve on a jury in California, if state legislators have their way. The Assembly passed a bill Thursday that would allow non-citizens who are in the U.S. legally to serve on jury duty. ... Mayor-forLife Bloomberg: Shred the ConstitutionTuesday, April 23rd, 2013 April 23, 2013 By John Seiler It's terrible that four people were killed in Boston last week. But for that should we ditch the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights? That's what New York Mayor-for-Life Michael Bloomberg insists: "The people who are worried about privacy have a legitima... N.Y. Times shames Mercury-News on AB 32 coverageTuesday, April 23rd, 2013 April 23, 2013 By Chris Reed The fact that no one in the California media besides me has reported that the Obama administration considers fracking no big deal and just another heavy industry is pretty amazing. Obama's picks for EPA chief and energy secretary dismiss environmental alarmism abou... CA lawmaker: Use tax code to punish unpopular viewsWednesday, April 10th, 2013 April 10, 2013 By Chris Reed As a libertarian who supports gay marriage, I'm not a social conservative cultural warrior. That said, I still think there's something extremely troubling about government power being used to punish those whose views are different than the California political main... |