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CA Schools Flunking Obamacare Preparation

The implementation of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — isn’t just hitting private businesses. Governments also must comply. Starting January 1, 2014, California school districts with 50 or more full time … [Continue Reading]

School Reform

Homeschooling Home Run: It’s thriving, and it works!

In a recent report, we learn that since 1999, the number of children who are homeschooled has increased by 75 percent. Though homeschooled children represent only 4 percent (about 2 million) of all school-age children … [Continue Reading]

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Constitutional Amendment A Direct Assault on Prop. 13

For millions of California homeowners, Saturday was a day that will live in infamy. Without a single public hearing, the California Assembly passed Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 8 (ACA 8), the most egregious attack on … [Continue Reading]

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Campaign Contributions Cause LA Council Commotion

What happens when you have a less than transparent real estate deal that is being sponsored by a termed out Councilman Ed Reyes, where the buyer, KIA of Glendale, is a large contributor to Jose Gardea’s losing campaign to … [Continue Reading]

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Bill Punishing Boy Scouts Dangerous to Liberty

For 103 years, the Boy Scouts have inspired generations of boys to become men of character. As the mother of three young children, I hope they will grow up embodying the values of responsibility and service that the Boy … [Continue Reading]

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School Reform

CA Schools Flunking Obamacare Preparation

June 19, 2013 By Evelyn B. Stacey 1 Comment

The implementation of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — isn’t just hitting private businesses. Governments also must comply. Starting January 1, 2014, California school districts with 50 or more full time employees must provide complete health care coverage. After contacting numerous California agencies, organizations and school districts, I found that little fiscal data are [...]

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Homeschooling Home Run: It’s thriving, and it works!

June 19, 2013 By Larry Sand 4 Comments

In a recent report, we learn that since 1999, the number of children who are homeschooled has increased by 75 percent. Though homeschooled children represent only 4 percent (about 2 million) of all school-age children nationwide, they are growing seven times faster than the number of children enrolling in grades K-12.  A few highlights: Data shows that [...]

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Constitutional Amendment A Direct Assault on Prop. 13

June 18, 2013 By Jon Coupal 10 Comments

For millions of California homeowners, Saturday was a day that will live in infamy. Without a single public hearing, the California Assembly passed Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 8 (ACA 8), the most egregious attack on Prop. 13 ever to come out of the Legislature. ACA 8 would repeal Prop. 13’s requirement that local “special taxes” [...]

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Campaign Contributions Cause LA Council Commotion

June 18, 2013 By Jack Humphreville Leave a Comment

What happens when you have a less than transparent real estate deal that is being sponsored by a termed out Councilman Ed Reyes, where the buyer, KIA of Glendale, is a large contributor to Jose Gardea’s losing campaign to succeed his boss in Council District 1, where the Councilman-Elect Gil Cedillo “reluctantly” requests a delay [...]

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Bill Punishing Boy Scouts Dangerous to Liberty

June 17, 2013 By Kristen Olsen 10 Comments

For 103 years, the Boy Scouts have inspired generations of boys to become men of character. As the mother of three young children, I hope they will grow up embodying the values of responsibility and service that the Boy Scouts work hard to promote. But instead of recognizing its achievements, activists want to punish the [...]

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CD 52 Poll: DeMaio’s Being Gay and Support of Gay Marriage a Non-Issue with District GOP Voters

Late last week the California Public Safety Voter Guide (managed by Landslide Communications) commissioned a brief survey in the 52nd Congressional District. The poll was conducted by the respected firm NSON out of Utah with calls made to 606 district voters who cast ballots in the last general election, This district includes some of downtown [...]

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Everyone’s a Target in the Surveillance State

The recent revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers, with the complete blessing of the Obama administration, should come as no surprise to anyone who  has been paying attention over the past decade. As I document in my new book “A Government of Wolves: The [...]

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Susan Rice A Poor Choice to Lead NSA

On the anniversary of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was ambushed.  Four Americans, including Ambassador Stevens, were killed.  They say bad news travels fast, and this was no exception.  Despite the frequent reports on the details of the tragedy, no one initially knew exactly what happened on the [...]

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Utah Congressman: Obama Impeachment “Not Off the Table”

Congressman Jason Chaffetz is considered a smart, if brash, Republican member of Congress who was elected a few years ago by opposing an entrenched establishment conservative who had lost touch with party faithful in the Beehive State.  A former place-kicker for the BYU Cougars, Chaffetz has excelled as Congressman and has built strong credibility with [...]

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Reasons to Go BIG: Large-format bottles for the serious wine collector

Any serious wine collector is likely to incorporate large-format wine bottles in a collection, regardless of whether the collector is focusing on new world wine (i.e. California’s famous “cult wines” such as Screaming Eagle, Colgin, Aruajo, Bryant Family, Grace Family, etc.) or old world wines from France or Italy (such as the famous First Growths [...]

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Supreme Court Ties Up Arizona Voters in Red Tape

June 19, 2013 By CPR Editors Leave a Comment

From Bloomberg: The U.S. Supreme Court took the easy step when it ruled yesterday that the state of Arizona must “accept and use” the form prepared by the federal Election Assistance Commission to register voters. The harder question is just what “accept and use” means. Arizona was perfectly willing to accept the mandatory federal form for voter [...]

Constitution

A Constitution for the 21st Century

June 19, 2013 By CPR Editors Leave a Comment

From the Foundry: Economists often point to the “wisdom of crowds”—the idea that a group of people is likely to make better decisions that an individual will. Then again, your mother probably taught you the importance of individualism when she admonished you that “if everyone else jumps off a bridge, would you do it, too?” [...]

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US to open direct peace talks with Taliban

June 19, 2013 By CPR Editors Leave a Comment

From the Hill: The Obama administration will open direct peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar in the next few days. The startling announcement Tuesday came the same day four Americans were killed during a rocket attack at Bagram Air Field, outside of Kabul. U.S. and NATO forces handed over the lead on combat operations in Afghanistan [...]

Water

Lawsuits hit new Delta Plan from all sides

June 18, 2013 By CPR Editors Leave a Comment

From Sac Bee: A plan intended, at least in part, to resolve decades of water conflict in the Delta has instead spawned a flood of lawsuits, with at least five separate suits filed against the plan in recent days. The Delta Plan, as it is known, was required by 2009 state legislation, which also created [...]

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Dana Rohrabacher warns John Boehner on speakership

June 18, 2013 By CPR Editors Leave a Comment

From Politico: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) says Speaker John Boehner should be ousted if he rams through an immigration bill without majority Republican support. “If Speaker Boehner moves forward and permits this to come to a vote even though the majority of the Republicans in the House—and that’s if they do—oppose whatever it is that’s [...]

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