Posts Tagged ‘Gloria Romero’State schools chief: President Obama is a corporate stoogeMonday, April 15th, 2013 April 15, 2013 By Chris Reed UC Berkeley linguistics professor George Lakoff's blueprint for Democrats from a decade ago continues to reverberate. Lakoff stressed the emphasis of framing issues with the proper language and spoke of the power of metaphors. And so now we always hear government s... Some minority L.A. Dems realize unions are dubious alliesTuesday, March 12th, 2013 March 12, 2013 By Chris Reed The hegemony of Democrats in California is based to a striking degree on the ability of public employee unions -- whose leaders and most affluent members are predominantly white -- to keep minorities on board even though "social justice" means sharply different thi... There are no Henry Cuellars among CA’s Democratic polsTuesday, January 29th, 2013 Jan. 29, 2013 By Chris Reed As a libertarian believer in free minds and free markets, I've watched for decades the uneasy coalition in the Republican Party of libertarians/libertarian lites and determined social conservatives. What the former hold most dear isn't remotely what the latter does.... CA GOP ‘Idiots’ Lose State SenateMonday, February 6th, 2012FEB. 6, 2012 By JOHN HRABE Back to the campaign drawing board for California Republicans. The California Supreme Court recently upheld the maps drawn by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. The immediate fallout: State Sen. Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo, told his hometown... CA Bucks National School-Choice ReformsMonday, January 30th, 2012The following first appeared in City Journal California. JAN. 30, 2012 By LARRY SAND January 22 through 28 marked the second annual National School Choice Week. While much of the rest of the country can celebrate some successes since last year, California’s education reformers often spend... Politics Still Beats Down Police ReformMonday, October 24th, 2011OCT. 24, 2011 By TORI RICHARDS A mentally ill homeless man was beaten into a coma that proved fatal by six Fullerton police officers as he screamed, “Help, dad!” Fresno police repeatedly punched a homeless man in the head while he was face down with his arms behind his back. Three BA... |