University chaos is the direct consequence of prioritizing collectivism and...
On April 25, the University of Southern California informed the Class of 2024 that the school was canceling the main stage commencement ceremony, which would have brought together 65,000 people to...
View ArticleSteve Garvey and other statewide GOP candidates have no shot until Top Two is...
Republicans have a problem. They can’t get above 40% in statewide elections. The Public Policy Institute of California’s first poll since the March Senate primaries found: Rep. Adam Schiff 61%,...
View ArticleNew battlegrounds emerge in California’s endless housing conflict
At least once a month a new front opens in California’s political guerrilla war between state and local officials over housing. The Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have issued a steady stream of laws...
View ArticleWill California hobble the US railroad industry?
American federalism is struggling. Federal rules are an overwhelming presence in every state government, and some states, due to their size or other leverage, can impose their own policies on much or...
View ArticleLagging revenue continues to drive California budget deficit as deadline nears
As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom is that all-important income tax revenues in April slightly exceeded the...
View ArticleAfter losing population in recent years, California is starting to grow...
After Jerry Brown became governor of California for the first time nearly a half-century ago, he declared that the state had entered “an era of limits.” Citing “sluggish economic growth, increasing...
View ArticleLawmakers still turn blind eye toward our pension debt
SACRAMENTO – When arguing about whether the Treasury needed to take urgent action to deal with soaring federal debt in the 1980s, the late former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Herb Stein...
View ArticleFor Democrats, it may be 1968 all over again
Watching the turmoil on college campuses today, it is becoming increasingly clear that for Democrats, 1968 appears destined to repeat itself, putting President Biden’s already doubtful reelection...
View ArticleAs 2026 California governor race heats up, here’s a roundup of opinions on...
California is set to make a major decision when it decides who its next governor will be. While voters won’t get an official say until June 2026’s primary election, the race is heating up now as...
View ArticleIsrael’s actions in Gaza do not amount to genocide but that’s beside the point
It has been reported that the International Criminal Court is preparing arrest warrants for possible war crimes against Israeli leadership including President Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister...
View ArticleLarry Wilson: Veuve Clicquot and the pro-Palestine campers
The Veuve Clicquot-branded umbrella within the pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA Wednesday night was a telling touch. Its student owner didn’t bring it to camp as protection against the rain; it was...
View ArticleSingle-family zoning scores a win in court with blocking of Senate Bill 9
The California Legislature specializes in lawless, partisan hackery. The list of bills that disregard the state constitution, or the federal one, borders on comical if you haven’t yet lost your sense...
View ArticleCalifornia Democrats declare war on homework
In the United States, your best opportunity for upward mobility is to receive a high quality education. If you have a good work ethic, the ability to solve problems and marketable skills, odds are you...
View ArticleCalifornia restaurants shouldn’t be shocked law banning ‘junk fees’ applies...
Last Friday, a friend and I met at a chain restaurant in Sacramento for our customary weekly lunch. Both of us ordered $16 plates of Mexican food. When the bill came, it totaled a bit over $36,...
View ArticleJohn Stossel: Donald Trump said he’d drain the swamp. He never did.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to “drain the swamp!” The “swamp” is the permanent Washington bureaucracy working to perpetuate itself. In 2020, then-President Trump said he was...
View ArticlePoliticians keep shifting blame as California’s homelessness crisis worsens
Over the last half-decade, state government has spent about $24 billion to ameliorate California’s worst-in-the-nation homelessness crisis. Local governments and private charities have spent countless...
View ArticleLarry Wilson: San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the lands it once...
I realize that it is naive to continue to imagine that government would ever need to at least explain what happened when it makes an unforced error. And media-cranky of me. And I do celebrate the fact...
View ArticleThe Democrat memory hole forgets it was the party of slavery, the Confederacy...
To the Left, former President Donald Trump is a racist. Not only is Trump a racist, but he is only the latest in a long line of Republican racists. From MSNBC’s Ali Velshi: “Contrary to what some might...
View ArticleIs the union resurgence real? Does it matter for workers?
Unions are said to be having a moment. The story goes something like this: Helped by a presidential administration that touts itself as the “most pro-union in history,” labor unions — after decades of...
View ArticleWill California Supreme Court knock anti-tax measure off the November ballot?
When California’s voters 46 years ago passed Proposition 13, its iconic property tax limit, they ignited a perpetual conflict over how much tax money state and local governments need and who should...
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