Will courts force anti-hate action by ineffective university officials?
Federal courts are now being asked to step in and order prevention of bigotry and open hatred on California college campuses because leading university officials have failed to stop frequent hate...
View ArticleEconomic reality bites as Newsom faces a big California budget problem
During his much ballyhooed, nationally televised debate with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom boasted that the state’s economy is “booming” and leads the nation....
View ArticleThe political persecution of Siaka Massaquoi
“This has gone too far,” wrote Elon Musk on his X platform on Saturday. Musk was reacting to a post by Seth Dillon of the satire site, the Babylon Bee. Dillon wrote this about actor Siaka Massaquoi, a...
View ArticleCalifornia is going to miss Kevin McCarthy
Along with the death in September of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the retirement of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the House of Representatives deals a blow to the state of California. Feinstein...
View ArticleAmerican empire builders have their sights set on Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and Gaza
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.” — Hosea 8:7 The debacle of the nearly 20-year American occupation of Afghanistan continues in Joe Biden’s America today. This disaster...
View ArticleWhat should happen when fuel-efficient vehicles take over the roads
The government has a dilemma: It’s pushing hard for fuel-efficient vehicles, but gas taxes pay for roads. There’s an obvious fix, but are Americans ready for it? Granted, tax credits, subsidies and...
View ArticleAnimal officials promise compassion, but offer euthanasia
SACRAMENTO – As I write this column, Marigold – my long-haired orange tabby who demands constant attention – is purring next to me. She’s a delightful creature that I adopted at a local shelter’s Five...
View ArticlePresident Biden would be wise to take border-for-military-aid deal
As the end of year crunch in Washington approaches, Senators on both sides of the aisle are racking up the urgency of passing President Joe Biden’s $106 billion national security supplemental request....
View ArticleHillary Clinton and the elitist climate summit in Dubai
It was difficult enough to take the COP28 global climate conference in Dubai seriously, and then Hillary Clinton spoke at the event and declared, “Women and girls disproportionately bear the burden of...
View ArticleWannabe dictator Donald and his Day One
Don’t take it from Donald Trump himself. I mean, really don’t, ever — that man dishes out so much fabulism that he ought to be in pictures. So when he says, as he did last week, his goal in his quest...
View ArticleWill California’s budget woes impact tax reform?
The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act (TPA) is a proposed constitutional amendment which has already qualified for the November 2024 ballot. It is sponsored by taxpayer and business...
View ArticleDon’t lose perspective. This is still the best time to be alive.
Looking around at the state of the world and society, it’s quite easy to fall into a sense that everything is falling apart. The recent pandemic, wars in Myanmar, Israel, and Ukraine, global warming,...
View ArticleState tries to pull fast one on California firearms laws
The U.S. Supreme Court has made it clear: the people of the United States, even in California, have an individual right to keep and bear arms. The government of California simply refuses to accept...
View ArticleWill California’s budget woes impact tax reforms?
The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act (TPA) is a proposed constitutional amendment which has already qualified for the November 2024 ballot. It is sponsored by taxpayer and business...
View ArticleJudge Andrew Napolitano: In defense of free speech and free silence
“I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” — Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the...
View ArticleJohn Seiler: What if the United States never united?
Here’s a great Christmas book idea for yourself or someone who loves American history and action stories. The new “Crisis of the House Never United” is by my friend Chuck DeVore, a former California...
View ArticleProgressives frustrated by failure to enact their agenda in deep blue California
Seemingly, California is a deeply blue state in which Democrats hold virtually all of the levers of political power, including all statewide offices and three-fourths of the Legislature’s seats....
View ArticleMassive deficit is California’s first good news in years
SACRAMENTO – As someone who watches the governor and Legislature fairly closely, I find it rare to see good news coming out of the Capitol. The state’s leaders spend money wildly on every imaginable...
View ArticleJon Coupal: California is pulling in more money, but spending it all away,...
One of Ronald Reagan’s more whimsical quotes is that “Government is like a baby; an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.” Thankfully, even though...
View ArticleInadequate building boom as housing ‘shortage’ persists
California’s top officials and the bureaucrats who back them up persist in telling us there’s a massive housing shortage in this state, amounting to something between 1.8 million and 3 million units...
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