Rights and LibertiesCA 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... Big Brother IRS is watching you on Twitter and FacebookMonday, April 8th, 2013April 8, 2013 Just in time for the government's favorite day of the year: April 15. When they gouge us down to the bone. Now the IRS is spying on our Twitter and Facebook accounts: "It says the effort is to catch people trying to beat the system, but some say it goes too far. "Attorney Krist... ‘Unsafe handguns’ now the target of DemsWednesday, April 3rd, 2013 April 3, 2013 By Katy Grimes The many gun control bills being pushed through the Capitol are concerning. But many of them are also rather embarrassing. It has become evident that most of the legislators fixated on gun control have no idea what they are talking about. Yesterday at an Assembl... CA Legislature attacking gun rightsTuesday, April 2nd, 2013April 2, 2013 By John Seiler If there's one thing that might get me finally to move away from the beach to another state, it's gun control. There's no way I will let a tyrannical government take away my sacred Second Amendment "right to keep and bear arms." I'm checking out U-Haul prices be... L.A. Times intolerant toward ‘intolerant’ conservatives over Google on Easter SundayMonday, April 1st, 2013 April 1, 2013 By John Seiler The Los Angeles Times writer Robin Abcarian informs us: "There’s no intolerance like good conservative intolerance. "On Easter Sunday, Google incurred the wrath of the conservative Twittersphere when it chose to feature on its home page a portrait of Californi... Unionized workers reject their own UAW contract!Friday, March 29th, 2013 March 29, 2013 By Katy Grimes In an bizarre twist on reality, the United Auto Workers union found itself bargaining as an employer, but got a taste of their own medicine when 74 of the union's own workers at the UAW-General Motors Center for Human Resources rejected the union’s lates... Stockton bankruptcy judge’s pedigree, history offer hopeWednesday, March 27th, 2013 March 27, 2013 By Chris Reed The stakes are immense in the four-day trial in Sacramento's federal bankruptcy court this week. The New York Times frames the issue well: "Wall Street is taking America’s biggest pension fund to court this week, for a long-awaited battle over who takes the loss... Feminists discover what other women already knowFriday, March 22nd, 2013 March 22, 2013 By Katy Grimes After decades of telling women to burn their bras, divorce their husbands, shun motherhood, and pursue careers, feminists have now discovered how wonderful it is to stay at home with the babies. "A growing number of women are dismissing the career-driven co... Feinstein’s assault weapons ban won’t be in Dem’s gun billTuesday, March 19th, 2013March 19, 2013 By Katy Grimes Liberty loving gun rights advocates pushed politicians so hard, the assault weapons ban has been dropped from the gun control legislation in the nation's Capitol. Either that or U.S. Senator Harry Reid is running for reelection. Reid announced today his dec... |