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12/27/03-12/31/03
L.A.
Dog Trainer -
Year in Review
2003 was a year of denial for California's newspaper of record...[Patterico] 1/2/04
The
Bogus 'Books Not Bars' Push
Prisons hardly filled up because of school spending cuts - there weren't any…[Alan
Bonsteel, M.D] 1/2/04
Costly Nurses Law Begins...
Keeping unions in control...[Eric Hogue] 1/2/04
Howard's Bad Press
The mad doctor is taking it from all sides...[Hugh Hewitt] 12/31/03
Lots of Change, Quickly
What a difference a year makes...[John Campbell] 12/31/03
Beware Compassionate Lawmakers
Social
engineering has destroyed state's economy...[Jon
Coupal] 12/30/03
Enemies of Reform Have a New Ploy
California Teachers Association touts initiative that would
enrich its members…[Alan
Bonsteel, M.D] 12/30/03
New
Realities - New Year
The world has changed...lessons learned [Bruce
S. Thornton] 12/29/03
A
Thrill of Hope
2003
Ends on an Optimistic Note [reposted][Carol Platt
Liebau] 12/22/03
12/20/03-12/26/03
California
Failing
Spending — same as it ever was. [Michael
J. New] 12/26/03
Protests, Voting and Latinos in California
Democratic politicians play partisan politics with illegal immigrants [Martha
Montelongo] 12/26/03
Is Half a Loaf Better Than None?
How did
we get here from there...[Jon Coupal] 12/26/03
Season's
Greetings, From Bad To Verse
Holiday odes to Gray and Arnold, Tom and Arianna, Peter C. and Mark G. [Doug
Gamble] 12/24/03
Contagious
Madness
The Dean Dongs are "spinning" out of control...[Hugh
Hewitt] 12/24/03
California Christmas List
More Choices Through Market-Driven Policies…[K. Lloyd
Billingsley] 12/24/03
A
Bunch of Hot Air
State Global Warming Lawsuits... [Ray Haynes] 12/23/03
The Case
For Israel
A Right Books Review: The Case For Israel by
Alan Dershowitz [Bruce S. Thornton] 12/23/03
The Day of Reckoning Is Here
Sacramento is in need of a little friendly
family budget advice [George Passantino] 12/23/03
A
Thrill of Hope
2003 Ends on an Optimistic Note [Carol Platt Liebau] 12/22/03
A
Rhyme for '04
Politics, football and a new year...[John Campbell] 12/22/03
12/13/03-12/19/03
Will The Real Republican Party
Please Stand Up?
Does the GOP remember "smaller government?"...Schwarzenegger
does...[Lance
T. Izumi] 12/19/03
Dornan Picks The Wrong Target
He should work to defeat the Sanchez sisters, not another Republican [Martha
Montelongo] 12/19/03
Lurching
Left
Howard
Dean & The Democratic Party's Leftward Swing...[Matthew
N. Klink] 12/18/03
Seduced By
Borrowing
Rein in the spending...[Tom
McClintock] 12/18/03
Dean
Goes Over The Cliff
The candidate definitively proves he is not fit to be president...[Hugh
Hewitt] 12/17/03
Hardened Attitudes on Spending are the Problem
Spending
addicted liberals despise Prop 13...[Jon Coupal] 12/18/03
Conservatism
Triumphant
A speech delivered to Young America's Foundation...[Tom
McClintock] 12/16/03
How Democrats Negotiate
Take and keep on taking...[Ray Haynes] 12/16/03
What Lies Beneath
The
Unworthy Motives Behind Boxer’s Election Bill [Carol Platt
Liebau] 12/15/03
Protests and Budgets
Illegals voting, illegals driving and working for a balanced budget [John
Campbell] 12/15/03
12/6/03-12/12/03
Prop.
56: An Assault on Proposition 13
Fighting
the never ending onslaught of greedy government [Jon
Coupal] 12/12/03
Mastery of Nature
Review - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World [Ken
Masugi] 12/12/03
Shining A Light on the State Legislature
Liberals
are addicted to spending...[Matthew
N. Klink] 12/11/03
The
Stepford Feminists
Getting it wrong again...[Sally
C. Pipes] 12/11/03
Mercury Blues
Environmental policy - the Gipper's way...[Steven
Hayward] 12/11/03
Prying Eyes Want to Know
Keeping your private life private...[Tim
Leslie] 12/11/03
The
Rosario Scenario
Little-known pol could be GOP's best bet to oust
Boxer from Senate seat [Doug
Gamble] 12/10/03
The
Dean Campaign
A
movement in its own mind...[Hugh Hewitt] 12/10/03
No Toasts Please...
...For Endangered Species Act's
30th Birthday...[Emma
T. Suárez] 12/10/03
Thanks
For Your Input, Phil
About
Three Years Too Late... [Ray
Haynes] 12/9/03
Honeymoon?
The Governor and the Bolsheviks [John Campbell] 12/8/03
Playing With A Full Deck
Rosario Marin & The Need to Transcend the Race Card [Carol Platt
Liebau] 12/8/03
Global
Judicial Tyranny
A
Right Books Review: Coercing Virtue. The Worldwide Rule of Judges
by Robert H. Bork [Bruce S. Thornton] 12/8/03
11/29/03-12/5/03
The
13-Percent Solution
The state's financial health means tightening the belt...[Tom
McClintock] 12/5/03
Taxpayer
Legal Action: A Necessary Weapon
Fighting
the never ending onslaught of greedy government [Jon Coupal and
Trevor
Grimm] 12/1/03
Great
Christmas Presents
Literary
gift giving for conservatives...[Hugh Hewitt] 12/3/03
Sharpen
Pencils
Propositions, initiatives coming to a ballot near you. [John
Campbell] 12/2/03
Taxes
and Spending Are Not Created Equal
The hidden
costs of legislative spending...[Gary M. Galles] 12/2/03
Going
Sexy at “60”
What the “60 Minutes” Report on Pornography
Forgot [Carol
Platt Liebau] 12/1/03
A
Week Under the Dome
Inaugrural, Fire Danger, Taxing Wrapping, Vouchers, Falling Student Scores [Bill
Leonard] 12/1/03
11/22/03-11/28/03
Massachusetts
Brings Thankfulness
Marriage doesn't need redefining, it needs protection...[Eric
Hogue] 11/28/03
Thanksgiving
The
Most
American Holiday of All [Carol
Platt Liebau] 11/27/03
Please,
Gloria Allred, Just Go Away
She represents the worst in celebrity ambulance-chasing and cable TV [Doug
Gamble] 11/26/03
Those
Who Protect Us
How can we ever thank them enough? [Hugh
Hewitt] 11/26/03
Process
or Procrastination?
Repealing SB60 - making up the Assembly rules as they
go along...[Ray Haynes] 11/25/03
Trust
Arnold, But Verify
Big
bond to cover state debt may be defensible - if protections are built
in [Jon Coupal] 11/25/03
Talking Turkey about California Politics
Why State Republicans Have Reason to Be Thankful [Carol Platt
Liebau] 11/24/03
Hitting
The Ground Running
A busy first week for the new administration...[John
Campbell] 11/22/03
A Week Under the Dome
This week: Get to work, Surviving Bustamante,
Riordan good choice...[Bill
Leonard] 11/22/03
11/15/03-11/21/03
Down
with Apathy
Five Ways to Improve Voter Participation [Michael
Levine] 11/21/03
Imagining Diversity
A Right Books Review: Diversity. The
Invention of a Concept
by Peter Wood [Bruce S. Thornton] 11/21/03
A
Quick End To The Era of Good Feelings
The same old tune replays in the Legislature [Matthew
N. Klink] 11/20/03
Public Broadcasting?
San Diego heiress bequeaths taxpayer-funded NPR a windfall…[K.
Lloyd Billingsley] 11/20/03
Homeowners
Are Being Stalked
...by
a new wave of tax increases...[Jon Coupal and Trevor
Grimm] 11/19/03
Education
Myths
Spending education funding the wrong way... [Ray
Haynes] 11/18/03
Going “Mainstream” By
the Numbers
The Irony of Barbara Boxer’s Attack on Justice
Brown [Carol
Platt Liebau] 11/17/03
Race
Preferences Thrive On California Campuses
Voters wrongly believe they voted race-basing away in '96...[Bruce
S. Thornton]11/17/03
Your
Turn Republican Moderates
The scramble for the 3rd District [Eric
Hogue] 11/15/03
Thinking Big
Change is in the Sacramento air... [John
Campbell] 11/15/03
A Week Under the Dome
This week: Teachers attack Prop 13, Tax matters, Laffer's ideas are timely...[Bill
Leonard] 11/15/03
11/8/03-11/14/03
Driver’s
License Law Sideswipes the Constitution
Pacific Legal Foundation takes on licenses for illegals...[Harold
Johnson and William Mount] 11/14/03
The Pledge
And The Clause
Roger Williams' 400th birthday and the establishment clause [Gary
M.
Galles] 11/14/03
A
Landmark In The Culture War
Canceling of Reagan miniseries a blow to power of the Hollywood left. [Doug
Gamble] 11/13/03
The Fight to Remain Relevant
There Goes Al Gore…Again [Matthew N.
Klink]11/13/03
Fires
Light Up Tax Talk
Tax-and-spenders
see revenue in disaster...[Jon Coupal] 11/12/03
Tanned,
Rested and Ready
Republicans are ready to lead...[Ray Haynes] 11/11/03
It's Time To Snuff Out The 'Let It Burn' Idea
Anti-people environmentalism fuels the flames... [M.
David Stirling] 11/11/03
Grappling
With Groping
Taking Sexual Impropriety Seriously [Carol Platt Liebau] 11/10/03
The
Conservatives' Pyrrhic Victory?
On
Cancelling "The
Reagans" [Bruce
S. Thornton] 11/8/03
Remember Reagan's Vision Of Liberty
In the President's Own Words [Gary M. Galles] 11/8/03
Spending Limits and Rainy Day Funds
Cap the spending...[John Campbell] 11/8/03
A Week Under the Dome
This week: The Fires, Car Tax and Transportation...[Bill Leonard] 11/8/03
Fighting For Her Life
Inflicting 'Capital Punishment' on Terry Schiavo...[Patterico] 11/8/03
11/1/03-11/7/03
Rejecting
a Judge for Respecting the Constitution?
The Ugly Campaign Against Justice Janice Rogers Brown [Gary
M. Galles] 11/7/03
An Idea Worth Considering
A simple notion to maximize education funds...[Lance
T. Izumi] 11/7/03
Where were the tankers this time?
The new San Diego Fire Chief got caught with his red suspenders down....[Larry
Stirling] 11/7/03
The
(Very) Last Refuge of a Scoundrel
Hiding behind tragedy to make a tax grab... [Tom McClintock] 11/6/03
UC Admissions: Same as the Old Boss?
A time of change or the same old thing?[K. Lloyd
Billingsley] 11/6/03
Trashing
Reagan
The Hollywood Left's arrogance and ignorance...[Hugh
Hewitt] 11/05/03
Taxpayers
Continue to Foot the Bill
For
Local Government Incompetence....[Jon
Coupal] 11/05/03
The
Second Annual Nosey Awards
Dumb and dumber excesses of power in Sacramento...[Ray
Haynes] 11/04/03
Why
We're Honoring Rush Limbaugh
Claremont Institute's Statesmanship
Award....[Brian
T. Kennedy] 11/04/03
Finding
Meaning in a Cloud of Smoke
The Unusual Opportunities Presented by California’s
Fires [Carol
Platt Liebau] 11/03/03
Get Ready For An Initiative Avalanche
Liberal constituencies will fight change...[John Campbell] 11/3/03
Poverty
Pollutes
A Right Books Review:The
Real Environmental Crisis by Jack M. Hollander [Bruce
S. Thornton] 11/1/03
The Attack of the Open Border Elites
Citizenship used to mean something...[Laura Ingraham] 11/01/03
Janice
Brown Deserves Fairness
...Not A Filibuster [William
S. Mount] 11/01/03
The Black KKKommentator
California judge Janice Brown draws Progressive wrath for
being black and thinking Right... [Bob Parks] 11/1/03
A Week Under the Dome
This week: firestorm, Arnold's chief of staff, police sacrifice, Gray's graceful
exit, and campaign finance...[Bill Leonard] 11/1/03
10/25/03-10/31/03
How
the Deck is Stacked Against Taxpayers
Homeowners are waking up to bonds: a self-inflicted tax...[Jon
Coupal] 10/31/03
Up
In Smoke
Paying for disaster twice...[Larry Stirling] 10/31/03
Banning
Partial Birth Abortion: Congress v. SCOTUS... [Patterico
v. Xrlq] 10/31/03
Infantopia
A legislature ruling in denial of real consequences...[K.
Lloyd Billingsley] 10/30/03
How
'Habitat Protection' Causes Killer Infernos
Liberal fuel for the burning hills...[Hugh
Hewitt] 10/29/03
Putting
U.S. Media Savvy to Work
An L.A. publicist forms a blue ribbon panel to change minds [Doug
Gamble] 10/29/03
Now
They're Worried
Reality dawns on Progressive Sacramento...[Ray Haynes] 10/28/03
Frank
Brown Was Right
Unify the courts and end the duplication...[Larry Stirling] 10/28/03
Hitting
the “Wal”
Why Do Liberals Love to Hate Wal-Mart? [Carol
Platt Liebau] 10/27/03
"Arnold's
Army"
Does the recall represent a seismic shift in state politics? [Shawn
Steel] 10/27/03
Bad
Bills, The Final Chapter
The last of lousy Davis-era legislation...[John Campbell] 10/25/03
Janice
Rogers Brown -- She Must Be a Good Nominee
The nomination of the California Supreme Court Judge has the Left
all twisted... [Chris
Field] 10/25/03
10/18/03-10/24/03
Dealing
With Loan Sharks
Legislature’s Budget Bonds Financing Scheme Violates the Constitution,
Not to Mention Common Sense [M.
David Stirling] 10/24/03
Trust
But Verify
Mexico has a better voting system than California? [Larry
Stirling] 10/23/03
A
Week Under the Dome
Bill Leonard's weekly report from inside the
State Board of Equalization [Bill
Leonard] 10/22/03
The
Bad Laws Don't Stop
We need our new Governor in office now... with a veto pen... [John
Campbell] 10/22/03
The
Siren Song of the Democrats
The allure of taxes...[Ray Haynes] 10/21/03
A
Big Win for Taxpayers
Courts and the state Constitution finally stand for the people... [Jon
Coupal] 10/21/03
Drowning Belief in a Pool of Ink
The Los Angeles Times’ Assault on
Christianity [Carol
Platt Liebau] 10/20/03
They
See Visions
The
Religious Order of the LA Times [John
Mark Reynolds] 10/20/03
Nobel
Lies
Truth
doesn't matter: a California campus
spreads open arms for leftist mythmaking... [Bruce
S. Thornton]10/18/03
Voter Revolt Goes
On...
One
down, a lot to go...[Bob Chandra] 10/18/03
10/11/03-10/17/03
A
Week Under the Dome
Notes
on the Recall, Recall numbers, sour grapes and incentivizing contraband... [Bill
Leonard] 10/17/03
Davis
Was Carter But Is Arnold Another Reagan?
Davis was doomed from the beginning...[Lance
T. Izumi] 10/16/03
Love, Divorce, and Marriage: Bloodless
Martyrdom or Intolerable Cruelty?
Reflections
on marriage and the new Coen brothers' movie...[John Mark
Reynolds] 10/16/03
Democrats in Denial
The party refuses to admit its failed policies
led directly to recall wipeout [Doug
Gamble] 10/15/03
Consumers
of the World, UNITE!
Memo to the United Food and Commercial Workers: You can't have Labor without
Capital! [Joe Armendariz] 10/15/03
The
Revolution Has Only Just Begun
The Legislature ignores the law and makes up its own
rules... [Ray Haynes] 10/14/03
California Crushes Liberals [David
Horowitz] 10/14/03
The
First Lesson of the Recall
Californians
Will Vote for the "Right" Republican [Carol
Platt Liebau] 10/13/03
Memo
to: the Extremes
It's the Family Stupid [Joe Armendariz] 10/11/03
Legislature
To You: Drop Dead!
The legislature ignores 9-1-1 [Larry Stirling] 10/11/03
10/4/03-10/10/03
Revolt
in the Nanny State
The elites get roughed up.. [Bruce S.
Thornton] 10/10/03
Arnold
Must Use His
Popularity
If lawmakers
won't back
reforms, governor-elect
should go right
to voters [Jon
Fleischman] 10/10/03
Change
A wakeup call for a state capitol out
of touch [John
Campbell] 10/10/03
Winners
and Losers
Arnold ascends, Cruz collapses and the casino tribes forfeit vast good will [Shawn Steel] 10/09/03
Now
That the Dust Has Settled
Taxpayers Must Be Vigilant [Jon
Coupal] 10/9/03
Memo
to the Editor of the Los Angeles
Times
Going
down with Gray...[Hugh
Hewitt] 10/8/03
Rule
of Law – R.I.P.
The Legislature ignores the law
and makes up its own rules...[Ray Haynes] 10/7/03
Before
and After
October 7 and beyond... [John Campbell] 10/7/03
Beatrice
Brigade
How California Will Be Saved One
Kitchen Table a Time [John Mark Reynolds] 10/7/03
Keeping
Our Eyes on the Ball
The Recall is About California [Carol Platt Liebau] 10/6/03
Race,
Rush, and Uncle Remus
Opinions and paternalism...[John Mark Reynolds] 10/6/03
An
Open Letter to Tom McClintock Supporters [Bob
Chandra] 10/6/03
Memo
to: The Republican Establishment [Joe
Armendariz] 10/6/03
Prop 54 An Affirmation for Self-Identity
But the "experts" don't think so...[Martha
Montelongo] 10/5/03
Is the Party Establishment Right About the Recall?
Could a conservative win? [Chris Field] 10/03/03
Budget Busting Panel Needed
To Solve State's Fiscal Woes [Jon Coupal
and Tom Schatz] 10/4/03
9/27/03-10/3/03
Sweethearts
Dance, You Pay
Politicians and unions
strategize to stop privatization...[K.
Lloyd Billingsley] 10/3/03
MEChA
Neverland
The Mythical History of the Southwest [Bruce S. Thornton] 10/3/03
On
Taxes and Elections, Take
a Cue from California
Politicians beware
- taxes are making voters
very, very angry... [Chris
Field] 10/03/03
Bake
Sale, Pay-to-Play and Megan's Law
It keeps coming...[John
Campbell] 10/3/03
Memo
To My Fellow Conservatives
Why
I’m endorsing Schwarzenegger… [Ray
Haynes] 10/2/03
The
Car Tax is the Squeaky Wheel
The
Vehicle License Fee is a Tax... [Jon
Coupal and Trevor Grimm] 10/2/03
Reasons
to Vote for McClintock
A vote for Tom is
a vote for... [Hugh
Hewitt] 10/1/03
After
Oct. 7: Then what?
If Schwarzenegger bombs as governor,
look for a full-scale GOP civil war [Doug Gamble] 10/1/03
Put
Teeth Into Megan's Law
Data on released sexual predators
is too inaccessible and vague to
help parents. [Tim Leslie] 10/1/03
Rhetoric
and Reality
Why Taxing the Rich Doesn’t Work [Ray
Haynes] 9/30/03
Judicial
Mischief
An election almost halted because of
3 judges' statistical ignorance [John C. Eastman] 9/30/03
The
Recall’s Forgotten Stepchild
Proposition 54 and Progressivism
on the Cheap [Carol Platt Liebau] 9/29/03
In
Praise of Strip Malls
Or See You Saturday at the Interstate Theater [John
Mark Reynolds] 9/29/03
Playing
With Fire
California’s system of issuing
I.D. is dangerous and getting worse [Tim
Leslie] 9/27/03
9/20/03-9/26/03
California
recall: One possibility, and one possibility only - STATUS
QUO!
Whatever the vote... not much is
going to change...[Joe
Armendariz] 9/26/03
More
Bad, Bad Law
It just doesn't seem to stop...[John Campbell] 09/26/03
Finding
the Good Men
The Courage of Our Regular Troops
and the Challenge to the Rest of Us [John Mark Reynolds] 9/26/03
Debate:
To Arnold
He had something to prove and he did... [Hugh Hewitt] 09/25/03 |
Debate:
Arnold Survives
He had to be able to walk away...[Carol Platt Liebau] 9/25/03
Prop.
13 More Important Than Ever
Prop
13 and escalating home values [Jon
Coupal] 9/24/03
California
Recall: One Issue, and One Issue Only
Debate the corruption of the
spending lobby...[Hugh Hewitt] 09/24/03
Half Measures and Half Wits
Sacramento Democrat tantrums...[Ray Haynes] 9/24/03
Memo to Arnold: Don't
Just Say Something, Stand There!
Left-wing environmental policy from Schwarzenegger[Joe Armendariz] 9/24/03
Super
Bowl Debate
A lot's at stake for California
on Wednesday...[Doug
Gamble] 9/23/03
Natural
Born Killers
More legislation to destroy business...[K.
Lloyd Billingsley] 9/23/03
Where
the Blame Lies
Look
beyond the Governor[Devin
Jones] 9/23/03
More
Davis than Reagan
Tom McClintock’s Blind (Personal)
Ambition[Carol
Platt Liebau] 9/22/03
More
Media Crackup
Revenge of the Bee: Weintraub
muzzled... Don't mess with Cruz...[Hugh
Hewitt] 09/22/03
The
Mental Primary
A Blueprint for Republicans to Determine
out How to Vote in a Recall Election.[Jon Fleischman] 9/22/03
Absolutely
Out of Touch
The 9th finds its own way...[Chris Field] 9/22/03
McClintock:
The conscience of a conservative? [Bob
Chandra] 9/22/03
McClintock
is the Gold Standard [Joe
Armendariz] 9/22/03
The
Conservative Question
Arnold or Tom? [Shawn
Steel] 9/20/03
Warnings
About Paez and the Rest of the 9th Circuit
Liberal judicial activism out front and
center...[Chris
Field] 9/20/03
9/13/03-9/19/03
Supreme
Clean Up Act?
If the full 9th doesn't do the job, SCOTUS will...[Hugh
Hewitt] 09/19/03
More
Bad Law to Sign
Maybe the Governor will get writer's
cramp and stop before it's too late...[John
Campbell] 09/19/03
Tribal Nonsense
The Ninth Circuit Panel Got
it Wrong! [Larry
Stirling] 09/19/03
Yes
on Recall, Yes on Schwarzenegger
Tom, it's not your time, yet...[Xrlq] 9/18/03
Recall Script
A Governor Arnold would be good
for O.C.[John Campbell] 09/18/03
Die-Hards
and the Damage Done
What will the real
costs of the McClintock
candidacy be? [Hugh
Hewitt] 09/17/03
Expediency
vs. Principle
If the recall gets back on
track, a crucial choice looms Oct.
7 [Doug Gamble] 9/17/03
Theater
of the Absurd
Progressive flicks opened this
weekend...[Joe Armendariz] 9/17/03
Saved
By The Bell?
Ninth Circuit Postpones
Recall Election [Carol
Platt Liebau] 9/16/03
A
Surplus of Candor
The Surprising Frankness of
Art Torres [David
Hackett] 9/16/03
Too
Many Matchstick Men
Hollywood and the Anti-Hero [John
Mark Reynolds] 9/16/03
The
Compliment of Being Taken Seriously
Cruz, Tom and Media Coverage of the Recall [Carol
Platt Liebau] 9/15/03
Forget
MEChA, what about PORcA?
It's always about the money... [Joe
Armendariz] 9/15/03
The
Legend of Proposition 13
A timely book review: The Legend
of Proposition 13 by Joel Fox [Michael
J. New] 9/15/03
The Spoiler
Pragmatism or momentum? [John
C. Eastman] 9/13/03
When
Something Isn't Better Than Nothing
Workers' comp needs a real fix,
not
patchwork legislation [Ray Haynes] 9/13/03
9/6/03-9/12/03
Governor
Croupier
Bustamante:
putting a casino pit boss in the Governorship [Shawn
Steel] 9/12/03
Torturing
Taxpayers with the Three Rs
Progressive
political agenda pummels the public [Jon
Coupal] 9/12/03
In
the Middle of a Bad Week of Bad Laws
Progressive
panic has the Legislature in its grip [John
Campbell] 09/12/03
Integrity
or Celebrity?
The
so-called "unity-pledge/pact" [Joe
Armendariz] 9/12/03
Murder-Suicide
in Sacramento
Anger
and paranoia in the Capitol [Ray Haynes] 9/11/03
Folie
de Petrol [K. Lloyd Billingsley] 9/11/03
Legislation
By Panic
Hiding a brew of bad
law from public view [John Campbell] 09/11/03
Mr.
Disney’s Park
Or Why No
Winner of a Major Event Will Ever Say, “I am
Going to California Adventure!” [John
Mark Reynolds] 9/11/03
Mugging
California Taxpayers
Assault
on Prop 13 [M. David Stirling] 09/10/03
The
Bad Beat Goes On...
The bad legislation
dogpile...[John Campbell] 09/10/03
Puke
Politics
Smearing,
lying...it's an election and the Progressive agenda
must be preserved... [Hugh Hewitt] 09/10/03
Domestic
Partner Benefits Will Push More Businesses Out of
State
There
are lots of Progressive ways to get around Prop 22... [Chuck
DeVore] 9/10/03
The
Lying Liars of the Left
Blame
George Bush for California’s Recall (that makes
Californians Laugh) [Melanie
Morgan] 09/09/03
Bad
Bill Parade
The legislation just
keeps getting worse... [John Campbell] 09/09/03
At
Least He Doesn't Pronounce it "Aztlán"
In
the waning moments, the Governor is desperate to
prove he really is unfit to serve... [Xrlq] 09/09/03
Rodney
King: Once a Bum, Always a Bum
[David
Horowitz] 09/09/03
Teaching
Berkeley Schools about Respect for Law and Equal
Rights
A
school choice sham... [Cynthia
D. Cook] 9/8/03
Last
Days and Licenses
Going from
bad legislation to very bad... [John
Campbell] 09/06/03
Illegal
Aliens, Illegal Indians
A
Lesson in Lawlessness [Ken Masugi] 09/06/03
8/30/03-9/5/03
Who
Lied?
Bob
uses slieght of hand for a cover up of his own...[Stefan
Sharkansky] 0905/03
Bird-Brained
Justice
Justice
is not served...again.[Xrlq] 09/05/03
The
Return to Partisan Politics
California,
get ready for the coming Dean melt-down...[Chuck
DeVore] 9/5/03
An
Instinct For Survival
Does
anyone else sense the tide turning for Davis? [Doug
Gamble] 9/4/03
They
Just Don't Trust Us
Liberal
elites don't want power to the people [Jon
Coupal] 9/4/03
An
Oration over the Career of Tom McClintock
With
apologies to the Bard...[Hugh Hewitt] 09/03/03
What
are the Differences Between MEChA and Nazism?
[Stefan
Sharkansky] 9/3/03
Who’s
Dragging Down Who?
California’s
Real Impact [Ray Haynes] 9/2/03
Tough
Love, or Tough Luck?
More
high tax schemes from the Davis-Bustamante team... [Joe
Armendariz] 9/02/03
We’re
All “Working People” Now
When
Public Sector Unions Take Over, Who Looks Out for Taxpayers? [Carol
Platt Liebau] 09/01/03
Media
Recall Crackup ...
The rise of the
blogs... [Hugh Hewitt] 09/01/03
Legislative
Break
It can't come soon enough...[John
Campbell] 8/30/03
Splitting
the Roll, Splitting California
Big
business kowtows to Sacramento [Jon Coupal] 8/30/03 |
8/23/03-8/29/03
Who
Should Be the Next Governor?
A
taxpayer endorsement from HJTA [Jon Coupal] 8/29/03
Davis
Democrats and Their 16 Wobbly Republicans...
The
budget is bad for the state... recall them all...[Joe
Armendariz] 8/28/03
Another
Earthquake Coming
And it’s
a good thing too...[John Campbell] 8/27/03
Scheer
Cruz
Bob's pulling for Bustamante
and more taxes...[Stefan Sharkansky] 8/27/03
Leader
of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy???
I've
been found out...[Ray Haynes] 8/26/03
Hasta
La Vista Bustamante!
Campaigning
to take the state further down the wrong road... [Joe
Armendariz] 8/26/03
Running
to Win
The
Recall and Republican Redemption [Carol
Platt Liebau] 8/25/03
A
Marriage of Convenience
Conservatives
should accept Schwarzenegger to help rejuvenate state
GOP [Carol Platt Liebau] 8/25/03
Sacramento's
Back in Business
If the past week
is any indication...Watch out... [John Campbell] 8/23/03
Prop
13: Anniversary Backlash
Its
enemies retell the old myths...[Jon Coupal] 8/23/03
The
Open City
Movie
Review - Open Range [Ken Masugi] 8/23/03 |
8/16/03-8/22/03
California
Learning
Recall
has its first victory. [Michael J. New] 8/22/03
Dear
Tom McClintock Supporter ...
Arnold
may not be ideal, but first you have to win. [Hugh Hewitt] 8/21/03
The
Purpose of a Great Party
McClintock
is true to conservative principles [Joe Armendariz] 8/21/03
California
Gives Junk Bonds a Bad Name
[Joe
Armendariz] 8/18/03
Scheering
Prop 13
The rich get richer and some avoid taxes [Stefan
Sharkansky] 8/20/03
Talk
About Déjà Vu!
Special
interests have brought back the economic problems of the early 90's [Ray
Haynes] 8/19/03
Trumping
the Race Card
Republicans
Can’t
Let Democrats Win the “Race” to the Bottom [Carol Platt
Liebau] 8/18/03
Q&A:
What Taxpayers Need to Know About the State Budget
[Jon Coupal] 8/16/03
Remember
the Big Picture on California Education
It's
the standards... [Lance T. Izumi] 8/16/03 |
8/9/03-8/15/03
Recall
Choice Really Between Tom, Bill, Arnold
[Shawn
Steel] 8/15/03
Car
Tax Redux
With a recall breathing down their necks liberals concoct a tax fraud [John
Campbell] 8/15/03
Prop.
209 Imperiled
Special
interests are back and hungry for racial spoils [Stephen R. McCutcheon] 8/15/03
The
Billion Dollar Fairy Shrimp
Finally
environmental common sense seeps into government agencies [Gregory
T. Broderick and Denise Davis] 8/15/03
Prop
187 Revisited
Campaign season has begun, but, don't feed
the Pander Bears...[Joe Armendariz] 8/14/03
Scheer
Recall
Stickin' with Gray [Stefan Sharkansky] 8/14/03
This
Conservative Is Voting For Arnold
[Hugh Hewitt] 8/13/03
California
Muggin'
A Golden State Debate... [Eric Metaxas] 8/13/03
When
Chaos is Good
Finally,
we can all see the result of failed leadership [Ray Haynes] 8/12/03
Our
Glorious Recall
Or, “How I Learned to Stop Worrying
and Love California” [Carol Platt Liebau] 8/11/03
All
Eyes on California
The recall is a sign of our recovery... [John
Campbell] 8/9/03
The
Reagan Effect
Book Review: How
Ronald Reagan Changed My Life by Peter Robinson [Michael
J. New] 8/9/03
Recallmania
Into
the courts [Jon Coupal and Trevor Grimm] 8/9/03
Politicians
In Bond-Age
If bonds are part of the budget, voters
must have a say [Harold Johnson] 8/7/03 |
8/2/03-8/8/03
A
Judicial Candidate Feminists Should Support
California's
Janice Brown is worth considering for the U.S. Supreme
Court [Tammy
Ku] 8/8/03
Politicians
In Bond-Age
If bonds are part of the budget, voters
must have a say [Harold Johnson] 8/7/03
Open
Mike, Insert Foot
Lawmakers'
Candid Remarks Frighten Taxpayers [Jon Coupal] 8/6/03
A
Budget With No New Taxes
(It could have been worse….) [Ray
Haynes] 8/5/03
Cringe-Worthy
Barbara
Boxer’s Embarrassing Forays Into Foreign Policy [Carol Platt Liebau]
8/4/03
Groundhog
Day
It's budget "deja vu" all over again and
again [John
Campbell] 8/2/03
7/26/03-8/1/03
Recall
and Recollection
Beware of unintended consequences [Steven Hayward] 8/1/03
The
Hour Has Come
McClintock
Speech to Recall Rally July 26 [Tom McClintock] 7/31/03
28
Missing Pages
Scheer's
Canards played out on Bush and the House of Saud [Stefan
Sharkansky] 7/30/03
Kooky,
Extremist, Fringe Democrats with Goofy Ideas
Unfortunately,
they're in charge... [Ray Haynes] 7/28/03
Patriotism
and Projection
Democrats
Need To Care More About People, and Less About Power [Carol
Platt Liebau] 7/28/03
Disappointed
But Proud
An embarrassing government,
but a great state [John Campbell] 7/26/03
A
Lesson For School Accountability
[Lance T. Izumi] 7/26/03
7/19/03-7/25/03
INSIDE
CRO: The
Circus Has Come To Town For
$3,500 you too can run for Governor [Hugh
Hewitt] 7/25/03 | Driven
to Judicial Fiat Desperate
Davis Turns to the Courts for "Leadership" [Carol
Platt Liebau] 7/24/03 | King
of the Ring Big-time
strategists, a jungle recall/election, and Democrats
scheming over a live microphone. You won't believe
what's happening in California. [Hugh
Hewitt] 7/24/03 | Supreme
Injustice A
frivolous lawsuit at the state’s highest
court [Jon Coupal] 7/23/03 | Soccer
as Metaphor Movie
Review - Bend It Like Beckham [Ken
Masugi] 7/23/03 | Getting
Their Priorities Straight Superintendent
of Public Instruction gets himself into the budget
mess [Ray Haynes] 7/22/03 | A
Progressive "Gaffe" for Fiscal Crisis Open
mike reveals scare tactics to gain more taxes [Hugh
Hewitt] 7/22/03 | Recall
Strategy The California
GOP Needs to Stay Flexible – and Above
All, Unified [Carol Platt Liebau] 7/21/03 | Budget
Pain and Union Payback The
Governor scolds and Plumbers pay-for-play [John
Campbell] 7/18/03 |
7/12/03-7/18/03
INSIDE
CRO:The
Capitol Hillbillies A
Scaramento sitcom [Jon Coupal] 7/18/03 | Ten
Years After: Progress and Opposition in Charter Schools [K.
Lloyd Billingsley] 7/17/03 | Demise
of Los Angeles Times? Does
anybody really care? [Hugh Hewitt] 7/16/03 | A
Caricature of Themselves A 4% cut? Children
will starve, old people will die... [Ray Haynes] 7/15/03 | Slanting
News At The LA Times? Say
it ain’t so…[Hugh Hewitt] 7/15/03 | In
the Ring With Barbara Boxer A “Lightweight” Approach
to Justifying Abortion Rights? [Carol Platt
Liebau] 7/14/03 | Smoke!
Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette A tax and
spend solution [Jon Coupal and Trevor Grimm] 7/12/03 |
7/5/03-7/11/03
INSIDE
CRO: Car
Tax Refund Demand your refund when
you pay your car tax [John Campbell] 7/11/03 | A
Real American Remembers California Review
- Victor Davis Hanson's Mexifornia [Ken
Masugi] 7/10/03 | Highway
Robbery [Tom
McClintock] 7/9/03 | Brother,
Can You Spare A Nickel? Liberal
illusion: tax cuts cause deficits, not overspending [Ray
Haynes] 7/8/03 | A “Taxing” Responsibility The
Power to Change Sacramento Rests With Us [Carol
Platt Liebau] 7/7/03 | Taxes
Raised by a Phantom Cost
Taxpayers Real Dollars [Jon Coupal] 7/5/03 |
6/28/03-7/4/03
INSIDE
CRO: Machines
Vs. Man Terminator
3: Rise of the Machines [Ken Masugi] 7/4/03 | If
nothing else, "Terminator 3" is worth seeing
for the pleasure in imagining how Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
would terminate the budget crisis in Sacramento. | A
4% Solution We
propose no new taxes [John Campbell] 7/04/03 | Budget: This
week, Assembly Republicans introduced an updated version
of our budget proposal that we first made about 2 months
ago. The salient point of our proposal is that it contains
absolutely no new taxes including the illegally raised
car tax. | Caught
In The Trawler [Streetsweeper] 7/3/03 | From American
Spectator's Prowler - - Gray
Areas Across the country, Gov. Gray
Davis's opposition research team -- the one that worked
overtime during the last election to dig up dirt on former
Los Angeles mayor Dick Riordan and opponent Bill Simon
-- is at it again. | Another
Hurdle For Recallers [Carol Platt Liebau] 7/2/03 | It's
been clear for a while that timing may be everything with
regard to the vote on whether to recall California Governor
Gray Davis. | The
Blame Game [Streetsweeper] 7/1/03 | "With
a majority in both houses and a Democratic governor, the
Democrats, unlike the Republicans, can pass a budget without
a single vote from the other party — as long as it
does not raise taxes, which requires a two-thirds supermajority." | A
Different Kind of “Blonde Ambition” The
Unique Appeal of “Legally Blonde”’s California
Heroine [Carol Platt Liebau] 6/30/03 | Pull
My Trigger. . . An
unaccountable, self-triggering tax that only a liberal
could love [Ray Haynes] 6/28/03 | A
Budget Stalled Going nowhere fast [John
Campbell] 6/28/03 |
6/21/03-6/27/03
INSIDE
CRO: Politicians In Bond-Age If
bonds are part of the budget, voters must have a say
[Harold Johnson] 6/27/03 | Real
Courage Means Cutting Spending [Jon
Coupal] 6/27/03 | Booting
Davis The
unGovernor appears doomed. [Hugh
Hewitt] 6/26/03 | California
Screamin’ Why
Residents of the Golden State Are (and Should Be) Angry [Carol
Platt Liebau] 6/23/03 | More
Hackery The
Los Angeles Times puts a Progressive spin on the Car Tax [Hugh
Hewitt] 6/23/03 | California
Doesn’t Need Saving, It Needs Rescuing Legislature's
Democrats are in denial [Ray Haynes] 06/21/03 | A
RAW Deal? California's approach to
fiscal management is a revolving charge card. [Jon Coupal] 6/21/03 |
6/14/03-6/20/03
6/7/03-6/13/03
5/31/03-6/6/03
The
First Shot Proposition
13 is where the Reagan Revolution began. by
Joel Fox 6/6/03 | The
Bogus Scapegoating of Prop. 13 Government
not only wasn't gutted, per-capita spending is higher than
ever by Gary M. Galles 6/6/03 | Taxpayer
Rights Prop. 13, 25 years later by
the Editors 6/6/03 | Legislators
Haven't Learned About Folly Of Ignorant Decisions by
Dan Walters 6/6/03 | Worker's
Compensation Insurance Horror
stories from the front lines of business by
John Campbell 6/6/03 | CalPERS
Goosed Pension Fund to Justify Benefits by
Daniel Weintraub 6/5/03 | The
New Glass Ceiling Stellar credentials and
a "well-qualified" rating from the American Bar
Association, its highest, following her nomination to the
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals should have made the
road to confirmation an easy one for Judge Carolyn Kuhl. by
John C. Eastman 6/4/03 | Theology
Lessons with Jim Carrey Bruce Almighty by Marshall
Allen | OCTA,
Still Off-Track by the Editors 6/5/03 | Fathers & Sons,
Under the Sea Finding Nemo by Thomas Hibbs 6/5/03 | L.A.
Times Fighting Liberal Bias? John
Carroll is the editor of The Los Angeles Times. On May
22, he sent a memo to all of his section editors. by
Hugh Hewitt 4/6/03 | Davis
Recall: Be Careful What You Wish For The
effort could stain state politics with the bitterness that
afflicts Washington. by Bill Whalen 6/4/03 | Slip
Sliding Away "It was one of those
under-the-radar bills that just slipped by," San Jose's
Union School District Superintendent Phil Quon said of
a measure Gov. Gray Davis signed before last year's election. by
Debra Saunders 6/4/03 | Heat
Wave Hits Capitol, But Politics of Budget Remain Frozen by
Dan Walters 6/4/03 | Windfall
for Politicians Democrats think $2.4
billion in federal funds is theirs alone by
the Editors 6/4/03 | A
Reverberating Proposition A tax-cut
in California in 1978 is still paying dividends. by
Bruce Bartlett 4/6/03 | A
Taskmaster Heads North Although cash-strapped
California could ill afford a $100-million expenditure
this year to bail out a school district that had mangled
its finances, the state couldn't leave Oakland children
without an education. by the Editors 6/4/03 | Malibu
Babs: Snapshots of an Eco-Hypocrite People
who live in 10,000-square-foot oceanfront mansions shouldn't
throw stones. by Michelle Malkin 6/4/03 | Race
Still Divides Berkeley by Carrie Sturrock 6/4/03 | Total
Recall The campaign to recall California
Governor Gray Davis may succeed, admit a growing number
of California Democrats by George Neumayr 6/3/03 | A
Better Way An alternative to proposed
car tax hike by the Editors 6/3/03 | Twenty-five
Years After Prop. 13 by the Editors 6/3/03 | Prop.
13 This Friday, June 6, marks the 25th
anniversary of one of the most important political/economic
events in American history: Proposition 13. by
Bruce Bartlett 6/3/03 | Democrats
Recall Peace, Prosperity and Clintons by Daniel
Weintraub 6/3/03 | Horowitz
vs. Hollywood Tinseltown leftists try
to silence David Horowitz in the name of "free speech." by
Paul Bond 6/3/03 | Capitol
Sees Stark Conflict Over Protecting Californians' Privacy by
Dan Walters 6/3/03 | People
Must Demand Recall After
the Damage Davis Has Caused In One Term, Can State Afford
to Go Through Another? by Shawn Steel 6/2/03 | Pomp,
Sanctimony – And Hope The
Ironies of a “Liberal” Education by
Carol Platt Liebau 6/2/03 | Gov.
Train Wreck This could be the summer of
Gray Davis' discontent. Even as a recall campaign picks
up speed against the California governor, things continue
to go badly for him and the state he has misgoverned.by
the Editors 6/2/03 | 'Conscience'
Is No Cause for Judges to Flout Laws May
a U.S. Court of Appeals judge refuse to follow binding
U.S. Supreme Court precedent if the judge believes that
the precedent is unconscionable? by Howard J. Bashman 6/2/03 | The
O.J.-ification of Laci by Debra Saunders 6/2/03 | Unintended
Results of Policy Choices Litter the Landscape The
solitary thread of consistency in California's complex,
dysfunctional, ironic -- and often just plain wacky --
politics is that they faithfully obey the law of unintended
consequences. by Dan Walters 6/1/03 | Vote
to Derail CenterLine by the Editors 6/1/03 | CenterLine's
Many Myths Example: It would relieve
congestion. Well, no - according to OCTA itself. by
Jack Mallinckrodt 6/1/03 | It
Speaks Spanish, Not Republican by Frank del Olmo 6/1/03 | State
Budget Crunch A 1991 lesson in cutting
California's deficit. by Larry N. Gerston 6/1/03 | Spend,
Tax, Beg, Borrow, Steal A spending
addiction of unparalleled proportions by Ray
Haynes 5/31/03 | Program
Downgrade Matrix Reloaded lacks the
beautiful sparseness of its precursor by Andrew
Coffin | Mr.
Deeds Goes to Wall Street Hollywood's
bizarre lessons on corporate finance. by Stephen
W. Stanton 5/30/03
5/24/03-5/30/03
A
Tale of Two Cities Cutting
taxes in DC, piling on in Sacramento. by John Campbell 5/29/03 | A
Christmas Carroll Liberal bias at the
Los Angeles Times even annoys its editor. by George Neumayr
5/30/03 | Celebrity
Injustice Loudmouth moviemakers don’t
know their audience. by Joel Engel 5/30/03 | California's
Problem Isn't Prop. 13 by Joel Fox 5/30/03 | Up
From the Ashes A state-appointed administrator
will soon lead the Oakland public schools.by the Editors
5/30/03 | Memo
to My Wife Thanks
for the checkbook, Honey. by Tom McClintock 5/29/03 | Gray
Davis Rolls the Dice In desperate need
of cash and political capital, California's governor prepares
to give Native American tribes some extra-Constitutional
powers. by Hugh Hewitt 5/29/03 | Lives
of the Party THE RED AND THE BLACKLIST
The Intimate Memoir Of a Hollywood Expatriate By Norma Barzmanby
John Meroney 5/29/03 | Pension
Fund Ills Can Be Traced To Big Giveaway by
Daniel Weintraub 5/29/03 | A
Wasted Windfall? Suppose someone is deeply
in debt and close to bankruptcy. by the Editors 5/29/03 | State
Must Keep, Not Water Down, Exit Exam by
the Editors 5/29/03 | Robert
Scheer's Lurch Off the Cliff of Reality by
Hugh Hewitt 5/28/03 | Hold
Fast, Republicans So far Republicans
continue to stand up for the rights of taxpayers. by the
Editors 5/28/03 | The
Right Papers If it can happen in Santa
Barbara, it can happen anywhere.by Sheri Annis 5/28/03 | A
Festival of Anti-Americanism by John
H. Hinderaker 5/28/03 | Don't
Reform Trade Offices - Close Them by
the Editors 5/28/03 | Leftwing
Hack The latest in Scheer lunacy. by
George Shadroui by 5/28/03 | Prop.
42 Highway Funds: Hands Off Money for
crucial road projects shouldn't be taken to cover state's
red ink. by DAN BEAL 5/28/03 | Attorney
General Jerry Brown? Comics are smiling
as 'Gov. Moonbeam' mulls new run for state office. by Doug
Gamble 5/27/03 | Honeymoon’s
Over Chief Bratton gets Los Angeles politicians
fuming. by Jack Dunphy 5/27/03 | Cardinal
Stonewaller by George Neumayr 5/27/03 | Race
Preferences and the Resurrection of George Orwellby
Ward Connerly 5/27/03 | Ultimate
Betrayal The revived Belmont Learning
Center is the curse of the LAUSD by the Editors 5/27/03 | Proudly
They Serve A Memorial Day Thank You to
the California National Guard. by Carol Platt Liebau 5/26/03 | Sacramento's
Profiles in Cowardice by Steven Greenhut
5/25/03 | In
State's Time of Need, the Governor Fails to Lead by
Daniel Weintraub 5/25/03 | GOP
Can Seize the Moment by Tony Quinn 5/25/03 | In
Memoriam: Freedom The
more a state provides, the more a state can take away. by
Ray Haynes 5/24/03 | Sacramento’s
Union Label Just two weeks of unionized
monopoly at the Legislature by John Campbell 5/24/03 | An
Outsider Takes On L.A.'s Gang Problem by
Janet Clayton 5/23/03 | OCTA,
Learn from San Jose by the Editors 5/23/03 | Real
Problem, Wrong Solution Affirmative action
doesn't work and is antithetical to American values by James
L. Doti, President, Chapman University 5/23/03 | GOP
Focus Should Be Kid Stuff Republicans
must see that their most important constituency is children.
by Robert C. Fellmeth 5/25/03 | Parenting
Before Politics Rep. Doug Ose decides
to come home. by the Editors 5/24/03 | A
Budget Map State needs a long-term solution.
by the Editors 5/24/03 | Where
Your Money GoesL.A. City Hall ignores
national trend by giving out hefty pay raises. by the Editors
5/24/03 |
5/18/03-5/23/03
Decline
of the Times, Part 2 The Los Angeles
Times rails against its defenders and shows how bad its
editorial page is, too. by Hugh Hewitt 5/23/03 | 'May
I?' and 'The Matrix' Why my kids won't
be seeing the latest R-rated blockbuster. by Dale Buss
5/23/03 | Entrepreneurs
Find No Luster in Golden State by Joseph
Perkins 5/23/03 | Wall
Street Cons Rebuffed by the Editors
5/23/03 | California
Hits Up Wall Street for More Cash by
the Editors 5/23/03 | Leftists
Fume at Second UCLA Affirmative Action Bake Sale by
Adam Foxman 5/23/03 | Workers'
Comp: Reform or Collapse by the Editors
5/23/03 | Can
Legislators Probe College Computer Mess with Authority? by
Dan Walters 5/23/03 | As
the Deficit Turns at Daniel Weintraub’s
Blog 5/22/03 [posting 5/21/03] | Why
NotWin? by Debra J. Saunders 5/22/03 | Open
Government on the Chopping Block by
the Editors 5/22/03 | Exit
Exam is Crucial for Disadvantaged Students by
Daniel Weintraub 5/22/03 |Civil
Rights Media Hounds Ignore Black Plight by
Michael Reagan 5/22/03 | Wild
and Wooly in California The prospect
of a recall vote on Governor Gray Davis has the state's
political establishment in an uproar. by Hugh Hewitt 5/21/03 | Tale
of Two Cities -- One Drifting to Starboard, the Other to
Port by Dan Walters 5/21/03 | Slandering
the Military? More Sheer lunacy at
the Los Angeles Times by Hugh Hewitt 5/30/03 | The
Fourth Estate’s Failure: Who Really Loses When The Los
Angeles Times Distorts The News by
Charles McVey 5/21/03 | Choosing
Gimmicks Over Leadership by the Editors
5/21/03 | Wall
Street Isn't Saying, 'Raise taxes' Once
again, Davis blames others for fallout from his mismanagement.
by John Campbell | All
for One City leaders quibble over details,
but agree on their target by the Editors 5/20/03 | Illegal
Immigration Surely, the House isn't
serious about the issue by the Editors 5/21/03 | End
of the Line You can’t go much
beyond San Fran. by John Derbyshire 5/20/03 | Racial
Head Counters by George Neumayr 5/20/03 | Real
Budget Crisis is the $8 Billion Annual Income-Outgo Gap by
Dan Walters 5/20/03 | Overspending
a Plague Not Just at State Level by
the Editors 5/20/03 | OSE
POLITIC by the Prowler 5/20/03 | Even
Hard-Bitten Lobbyists Roll Eyes at Capitol's Dysfunction by
Dan Walters 5/19/03 | Betrayal
in Sacramento Small-business owners
denied promised reform of Unfair Competition Law by Maryann
Maloney 5/19/03 | Liberals
in State Capitol are Looking to Wield an Even Bigger Cudgel by
Tony Quinn 5/19/03 | Senseless
Spending Democrats' anti-business,
anti-taxpayer agenda will push California even deeper into
economic crisis by Steven Greenhut 5/18/03 | Testy,
Testy by Debra J. Saunders 5/18/03 | Forecasts
of 2-tier California Have Become Harsh Reality by
Dan Walters 5/18/03 | Inquiry
Casts Shadow Over City Hall FBI raid
suggests a void in leadership by Philip J. LaVelle 5/18/03 | Battered
Public Pension Funds -- Everyone Pays by
Daniel Weintraub 5/18/03 | Dripping
with Excess Water districts act as
if no one is watching by the Editors 5/18/03 | Block
the Biggest Disaster Since OC Bankruptcy by
Larry Gilbert 5/18/03 | Tax
Deceits Budget-speak
is budget deceit. by Ray Haynes 5/16/03 | The
400-Pound Gorilla CalPERS can't cope
with health care costs by the Editors 5/17/03 | Structural
Reforms for State are a Must by the
Editors 5/17/03 | Hollywood's
Propaganda Awards by Brent Bozell 5/16/03 |
5/11/03-5/17/03
The
Litigation Lottery
California's Unfair Competition Act and the Depradations of
Unscrupulous Trial Lawyers by Carol Liebau 5/16/03 |
Bad Times at the Other Times The
spotlight is on the New York Times today, but things aren't going
so well at the Los Angeles Times, either. by Hugh Hewitt 5/16/03
| In
Full Retreat Davis waves white flag on budget
realism by the Editors 5/16/03 |
Will Davis Ever Learn Why He's the
Most Unpopular Governor? by Dan Walters 5/16/03
| Scandal
May Paralyze City Hall for Months by the Editors
5/15/03 | BOO-TOX
Miramax Moore by The Prowler 5/16/03 |
'Smart Growth'
Types' Dumb Rhetoric Linking suburbs to obesity
just another silly attempt at social engineering by Chris Fiscelli
5/16/03 | Budget
Revision a Huge Disappointment by the Editors
5/15/03 | Davis
Budget Pushes Problems into the Future by
Daniel Weintraub 5/15/03 | Governor
No by Debra J. Saunders 5/15/03 |
An Initiative
with a Silver Lining Race-privacy measure
would challenge scientists' obsession with skin color by M. Royce
Van Tassell 5/15/03 | California's
Problem by the Editors 5/15/03 |
Liberating Schools
The school board backs real reform by committing to charters
by the Editors 5/15/03 | How
Ford Funds the Left by William Bacon 5/15/03
| You're
Suing Los Angeles by Terence Jeffrey 5/14/03
| Tinkering
Won't Solve a Deficit This Massive by the
Editors 5/14/03 | A
Sober Era in Sacramento? Hardly Vast deficit
hasn't chastened the state's reckless and feckless lawmakers by
K. Llyoyd Billingsley 5/14/03 |
They Fail; We Pay
City Hall bungling produced and perpetuates the LAPD consent
decree by the Editors 5/13/03 |
Oil for Illegals?
Mexico, and the Democrats, have a fit over House vote. by
Mark Krikorian 5/13/03 |
My Week at
Stanford by Dennis Prager 5/13/03 |
Do-Nothing City by
Debra J. Saunders 5/13/03 |
Jerry Brown Battles the Unions He
Once Nurtured by Daniel Weintraub 5/13/03
| Why
California's Gov. Davis May be Facing Historic Recall
by Eric Hogue 5/13/03 |
Make 'Balanced Budget' Myth a Reality
for State by Fred Silva 5/13/03 |
Paying More for Less
Hahn's budget slugs taxpayers to fatten City Hall paychecks
by the Editors 5/13/03 | X2
Marks the Spot by Andrew Coffin [posted 5/13/03]
5/17 issue | You
Can't Judge These Books by Their Covers Many
school texts distort history, slamming the U.S. and glorifying
despotic regimes. by Diane Ravitch 5/12/03 |
A See-No-Evil Parole System
by Jonathan Turley 5/12/03 |
Rabble-Rousing:
Will We Ever Be Free of the Chaos? by the
Editors [posted 5/12/03] 5/8/03 |
State Budget Deficit: Is It Getting
Larger? by the Editors 5/12/03 |
California
National Guard Still a Mess by Dan Walters
5/12/03 | Exit
Ignorant by Debra Saunders 5/11/03 |
5/3/03-5/10/03
Recalling
Our Principles Why the
Davis Recall is Worth Reconsidering by
Carol Liebau 5/9/03 | Short-Term
Fixes Only Delay Fiscal Train Wreck State
has to come to terms with Prop. 13's legacy. by David Abel and
Rick Cole 5/9/03 | A
Homeless Plan Can't End Now by the Editors
5/9/03 | Cashing
In at the Capitol by the Editors 5/9/03
| A
Dubious 'Novel Tax' by the Editors 5/9/03
| Surplus
Gone, CalPERS Needs More from Taxpayers by
Daniel Weintraub 5/8/03 | We
Can All Just Get Along A major hate-crimes
backlash against Muslims and Arab Americans failed to materialize
despite ominous warnings. by Richard J. Riordan and David A. Lehrer
5/8/03 |
Picking Patronage
Plums Appointment process needs reform by
the Editors 5/8/03 | Dropping
the Ball on Drop-Outs California educators
mishandle figures on those who quit school early by DR. ALAN BONSTEEL
5/8/03 | Pay
as You Go Hahn's new vision for city government
by the Editors 5/8/03 | A
Foregone Forecast Stop me if you've heard
this one: The recovery could come later this year, but it will
be a modest one. by John Seiler [posted 5/7/03] 5/4/03 |
Zero Tolerance, Zero Sense
by the Editors 5/7/03 |
Tussle Over Loss of Manufacturing
Jobs Focuses on Tax Credit by Dan Walters
5/7/03 | Dangerous
Liaisons by the Editors 5/7/03 |
Suspense
About Expense A costly bill to strengthen
union control of UC contracts comes back by LARRY PETERMAN 5/6/03
| $10
Billion Debt Plan Lesser Evil by Chris Weinkopf
5/6/03 |
Romer's Big
Discovery LAUSD superintendent sees the wisdom
of smaller is better by the Editors 5/6/03 |
California's Next Crisis
Gov. Davis sets his sights on workers' comp reform by the
Editors 5/6/03 | No
Holes in Holes A smooth move from bookshelf
to silver screen. by Thomas Hibbs 5/6/03 |
Something New is 'Blowing in the
Wind' at University of California College
Republicans Now Biggest Group on Campus by John Gizzi 5/5/03
| Another
San Francisco Democrat by Terence Jeffrey
5/5/03 | Fascists,
Communists Unite Against President Bush Radical
follies in Santa Clara by Brian Sayre 5/5/03 |
Perverting Megan's Law
Democrats work to limit, not expand, Internet posting of sex-offender
data. by TODD SPITZER 5/4/03 |
A Budget Solution That Works
Our budget solution works. Nothing the Governor
has done has worked by Assemblyman Ray Haynes 5/3/03
| Recalling
Governor Davis Will California voters give
him the boot? by the Editors 5/3/03 |
Separating God from Country by
Joseph Perkins [posted 5/3/03] 5/2/03 |
4/26/03-5/2/03
A
Holy MessWhy
Do Catholic Politicians Get Away With Ignoring Church Teachings?
by Carol Liebau 5/2/03
| GOP
Should Give Democrats Enough Rope to Hang Themselves on the Budgetby
Thomas L. Krannawitter 5/2/03 |
Garamendi
Finds the Executive Life Fiasco's Hard to Escape
by Dan Walters 5/2/03 |
Watching a Great Paper Dive Into
Pedophilia Chic by Robert Knight 5/2/03
| Plan
Shows How to Balance the State Budget Without Raising Taxes
Outlines $18 billion in potential savings and calls for reform
of state government by Reason Public Policy Institute [posted
5/1/03] 4/30/03 | GOP
Plan is a Start, But Doesn't Balance the Budget
by Daniel Weintraub 5/1/03 |
Borrowing Trouble to Balance Budget
by the Editors 5/1/03 |
Moral Dyslexia?
The insanity in Sacramento is on the rise. by Assemblyman
Ray Haynes [posted 4/30/03] 4/25/03 |
Bush's One-Two Punch for a California
Win by Bill Whalen 4/30/03 |
As Budget Crisis Worsens, State's
Politicians Finally Get Serious by Dan Walters
4/30/03 | A
Fountain of Trouble by the Editors 4/30/03
| The
Goal: Schools as Union Halls Teachers press
Legislature for law to allow political advocacy on campus by Lance
T. Izumi 4/30/03 | California
Republicans 'shock and awe' Berkeley Stars
and stripes fly over People's Park by Steve Sexton 4/27/03 [posted
4/30/03] | Unfounded
Optimism Bad assumptions and poor priorities
dog Hahn's budgetby the Editors 4/29/03 |
Time
for California Republicans to Exercise Partisanship by
Thomas Krannawitter 4/29/03
| Blue
Shield Puts a Price Tag on Universal Health Care
by Daniel Weintraub 4/29/03 |
Nobody likes to put a price tag on their dreams. |
Riding to Rescue of Recall? Maybe
Issa must win over those who loathe Davis but don't want to
remove him by DOUG GAMBLE 4/29/03 |
'Hello ... Your Son Has Been Shot'
It was the dreaded call that has become all too common in
the black community. by Madison Shockley 4/29/03 |
Pelosi Acts as Pivot for GOP Campaign
by Charles Hurt 4/28/03 |
CARB Learns ... A Little by
The Editors 4/28/03 | Businesses
Belong in Marketplace of Ideas by The Editors
4/28/03 | Sick
Pay
Costs of California's workers' comp program cripple business,
public services by the Editors 4/27/03 |
As They Face Huge Budget Deficit,
Liberals Switch Tactics by Dan Walters 4/27/03
| Is
California Ready for a Re-Pete Next Year? Wilson:
He wouldn't be first pol to run against his record by Tony Quinn
4/27/03 | A
Roadmap to a Balanced Budget for This State by
Daniel Weintraub 4/27/03 | Cuba
Libre County supes take in Havana on special
interests' dime by The Editors 4/26/03 |
California Drowning
Initiative is gimmick to avoid tough decisions by The Editors
4/26/03 |
4/19/03-4/25/03
A
Bad Attitude Hostility
to Private Enterprise Impedes California’s Economic Recovery
- by Carol Liebau |
Call It Must-'Fee'
TV The All Tax Increase Channel, a.k.a. the
Legislature, is now on the air 24/7 - by Jon Coupal |
Undermining Prop. 13
Bit by bit, government agencies are undoing taxpayer safeguard
- LA Daily News | Structural
Reform Needed To End The Cycle - SD Union
Tribune | Doubled
Bottle Deposits Might Help Balance Budget - by
Daniel Weintraub | Unmoored
- by The Prowler | High-Poverty
But High-Performing Schools offer proof that
minority students from poor families can thrive - by William E.
Simon Jr. and Lance T. Izumi |
Tax Reform - SD
Union Tribune | Myopic
Oversight Millions of dollars have been wasted
in the LAUSD's crash school building program - LA Daily News |
Sexcapades the Business of the Day
in Sacramento - by Thomas Krannawitter |
The Stark Facts
- by James R. Harrigan 4/22/03 |
Peter’s Sympathy for Hollywood
Hypocrites ABC Covers Anti-War Actors By Playing
Up Their “Punishment,” Not Their Errors or Radicalism
- by Tim Graham 4/22/03 | Tim
Robbins Doesn't Get It
- by Joseph Perkins 4/22/03 |
A Faculty for Misstatement
Three who back Iraq liberation decry their UCLA senate's antiwar
statement. - by Kenneth N. Klee, Daniel Lowenstein and Grant Nelson
4/22/03 | Muddled
State Lawmakers need to step beyond their
ideologies and show real leadership in California - Sacramento
Bee | Going
Outside the Box U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin
is getting a close look as a moderate Latina answer to Sen. Barbara
Boxer in '04 by David Whitney |
Castro's Casting Couch
In Hollywood's love affair with Fidel who is using whom? -
by Damien Cave |
Cut charter
schools? Hardly They deliver better results
with less funding, so put away that budget ax - by Dr. Alan Bonsteel
| Governor
Davis: Smarter than He Looks! I'm
sorry, I thought he was destroying the state through mere incompetence
by Assemblyman Ray Haynes |
Just
Another Face in the Crowd Barbara
Boxer and the Perils of Internationalist Group-Think - by Carol
Liebau
4/13/03-4/18/03
Just
Another Face in the Crowd
Barbara Boxer and the Perils of Internationalist Group-Think |
California Muscle
Rumors were flying on Capitol Hill earlier this week that Sen.
George Allen had persuaded Hollywood muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger
to run for the Senate against Sen. Barbara Boxer. |
Listen to Tim Robbins Whine
Poor Tim Robbins. He thinks his rights are being stripped away–
that he can no longer speak out, that he’s being gagged
by a president he despises. | Looney
Clooneys One of the gratifying developments of
President George W. Bush's World Crisis is the intellectual transformation
of Hollywood, California. | Down
and Out Baseball's Hall of Fame committed a grievous
error… | Latest
From Kooktopia: Ban On Frowns In Golden State's
northern half, silly season evidently goes year-round. |
UCLA ANTI-WAR RESOLUTION
So about 200 of my UCLA colleagues… | Bay
Area's Silent Majority TALK about pathetic. Last
week, anti-war protesters were reduced to picketing KQED -- that's
right, San Francisco's left-leaning PBS television and radio station.
| Californians'
Tax Burden Is About Average, But Variances Are Wide
Are Californians paying too much or too little in taxes? |
Welcome To The Party
The City Council joins the rest of the world in condemning Saddam
Hussein | First,
Eat Your Vegetables I guess the Governor’s
mother never made him eat his green beans at dinner. |
Columnist Decries Name-Calling,
Then Calls Names Anyone who disagrees with Mr.
Greenhut is labeled a demagogue, an "inflammable spirit"
or as one of the "Purple People." |
New Taxes Proposed For State's Residents
Unpleasant though the specter of tax-day April 15 is, Californians
ought to relish the moment. They'll never have it this good again.
| Prescription
For Disaster Forcing all California employers
to offer health insurance sure to backfire
4/6/03-4/12/03
First,
Eat Your Vegetables
I guess the Governor’s mother never made him eat his green
beans at dinner. |
Appeasers,
Repent! Will celebrity appeasers
apologize? | You
Belong To Me Nancy Pelosi stated she would
not change her vote against the war for anything.
| Are
You Sleeping Soundly?
Being Gray Davis, ca. 2008. |
George Harrison,
Prophet Satiric Beatles ditty 'Taxman' could
be the Golden State's official song.|
A
Hitler Miniseries Meant To Bash Bush
| In
Defense of the Indefensible Sacramento can't
bring itself to cut even obvious waste, outrageous perks.|
Le Cinema de Fromage
A French film festival opens in Los Angeles and the films
on display are very, very . . . French.
| A
More Rational Approach To School Spending
| CanadaCare Light
| A
Tale of Two Nancys House minority leader
Nancy Pelosi can't decide whether she's Dick Gephardt or Howard
Dean. | Uh,
Governor: This is a 'hiring freeze'? State
adds 37,000 workers in a year in which it was supposed to add
none. | Handout
City SAN FRANCISCO ought to be known as the
city that surrendered. | Low-Performing
Legislators Feel-good semantic changes in
education terminology won't help anyone.
3/30/03
– 4/5/03
The Arrogance of Power – Sacramento maneuvers |
Bowling Truths - Michael Moore’s mocking. |
Fluent - But Not Fluent Enough - Schools have financial incentive
to refuse to recognize student gains |
Rise of Lunacy at CBS – Hitler and Bush |
And Now, The Local Income Tax | Mike
Farrell: Art of Deception | And We
Should Listen To Them On This Because…? – UCLA faculty
organizes to save Saddam | Robert
Scheer, Gucci Marxist - From his perch at the Los Angeles Times,
Berkeley radical Bob Scheer fires scuds at his native land. |
Oh, That Robin! - “Mork” weighs in on the war. |
Lauritzen's Lark - Incoming school board member takes aim at good
schools. | Can’t We All Just
Stay Home? - War protests divert police resources from homeland
security and endanger us all. | The
Loons at PETA Have a Cow | Hell's
for Heroes | Hear No Victory, See No Victory, Report No Victory
- The Los Angeles Times goes to war. |
He Was A True American, And A True Marine |
Right Side of the Argument - Lonely are the Republicans |
Muchas Gracias – Thanks Mr. Unz. |
In Supporting Roles - When top stars and directors enlisted in
the war effort in the 1940s, it was a different Hollywood -- and
America. | State Should Heed History
- Davis' approach to cutting budget deficit went disastrously
awry in 1930s.
3/23/03-3/29/03
Pundit
or Saint? – Michael Moore is the salvation of the working
class. | Michael Moore’s Revenge
| In Defense of Proposition 13 |
Ben Stein Sees America’s Heart is Strong |
Tears of the Left – why liberals will be uncomfortable watching
Bruce Willis’ new film. | Oscar
Forgets the Troops | The Moore the
Scarier | Tantrum– whiny protestors
in San Francisco | Budgets, Books
and Bombs | Judy Blue Eyes: What
the Left Sees | Iraq War Could be
a Memory by the Time State Solves Budget Crisis |
Shame on You, Mr. Moore. Shame on You. |
Hollywood is Hell | Oscar Goes to
War | Stupid Academy Award |
Safety Gear Better than Vapid Talk – LA city council wakes
up.
3/16/03-3/23/03
Unmoored
From Reality - An ideological con artist is the favorite for an
Oscar | The Shame of Hollywood | San Francisco Street Subversion
| Why Can’t We Be More Like the French? The California Assembly
can’t bring itself to support the troops and the President.
| Motion Pinko Arts and Sciences | Pete Wilson for Senate | Incoming:
a Deluge of Democrats - Early primary makes state a magnet for
would-be presidential nominees | CaliforniaRepublic.org Academy
Award socio-politico predictions | Davis Crafted – stealth
car taxing
3/9/03-3/15/03
The
President of the Left. Martin Sheen’s not the President,
but he plays one on TV | The rush to trigger the Car Tax is full
of distortions – from The Shadow Controller | ANSWER takes
the worldwide socialist revolution to high schools. | How the
Mexican Counsel blames the CHP for the consequences of breaking
the law. | The Writers Guild honors a stupid white man. | A Lakers
game seems eerily normal when you think about our guys in a sandstorm
in Kuwait | Why Hollywood hates conservatives | Notorious Phd
| The Stanford front for terrorism | Why the Feds shouldn’t
bail out California
3/2/03-3/8/03
SFPD
& The DA | Hollywood Left Hates Bruce Willis | Kuehl-Care
is wrong Rx for Californians | Boycott Jim Hahn's L.A. | Film
= Life [Life of David Gale & The Hours]
Lingering Observations: As
Pesky as France, But with Better Wine | The Boxer Rebellion |
Gray Davis and the Bare Cupboard | Have You Hugged Your Tree Today?
| California Taxpayers Continue to be Ripped Off by Fraud and
Reckless Government Spending | California Pensions Threatened
by Left-Coast Liberalism | Saving Democracy in California
2/23/03-3/1/03
The
Unpatriotic University: Berkeley | Councils Rob Public with Anti-war
Ads | Film = Life [Disney Remembers a Different 'Alamo'] | Anti-Conservative
Bias at Stanford | Betting the House on Matsui Lingering Observations: As
Pesky as France, But with Better Wine | The Boxer Rebellion |
Gray Davis and the Bare Cupboard | Have You Hugged Your Tree Today?
| California Taxpayers Continue to be Ripped Off by Fraud and
Reckless Government Spending | California Pensions Threatened
by Left-Coast Liberalism | Saving Democracy in California
2002
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