Jan. 28, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- After hearing the criticism directed toward golfer Phil Mickelson for his modest comments about California's highest-in-the-nation tax rates giving him cause to consider relocating, I was left wondering: What country do we live in? Did you ever ha...

Jan. 20, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown continues to pose as an iconoclast who is willing to make the tough choices necessary to keep California  afloat, but the budget he released recently is more evidence that he remains the cat’s paw for the state’s public-sec...

Jan. 14, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- As California's toughest cities struggle with violent crime, we are hearing a familiar refrain: "Hire more police officers." While more cops may be the right answer in some places, public officials need to consider a wider array of crime-fighti...

Jan. 6, 2013 By Steven Greenhut This year’s Rose Parade in Pasadena, California featured the Department of Defense’s “Freedom Isn’t Free” float. While nothing is close to free when DOD is involved—the B-2 bomber that made a fly-by as parade-goers cheered cost more than twice its we...

Dec. 30, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- California’ Democratic leaders are giddy about the future now that they have gained everything they wanted in the last election -- voter-approved tax increases and a two-thirds supermajority in both houses of the Legislature, thus rendering Re...