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Liberal donors lead in super PAC contributions since ’13
Big-spending Democratic donors take the gold, silver and bronze when it comes to contributions to super PACs so far this election cycle. Liberal billionaires Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg lead the way, having given nearly $30 million to super PACs during the current cycle, according to a new analysis of political spending by the Sunlight Foundation, […]
How Republicans Can Win Millennial Voters
Memo to Republicans: If you want to build a lasting coalition, spend less time picking fights over gays holding hands, and more time getting the largest generation out of their parents’ basements. Don’t believe me? Look at a recent Reason-Rupe poll of millennial voters. Now if you’re a Republican and you’re feeling nervous, let me reassure you […]
Obama To Release $34 Billion In New Regulations After Mid-Terms
In 2012, the Obama administration was heavily criticized for delaying major regulations until after the presidential election. A new report by regulatory watchdogs found that the White House may once again be delaying major regulations that are expected to cost a total of $34 billion. The American Action Forum (AAF) reports that the White house is […]
Two Tales of a City – How Detroit Transcended Ideology to Reform Pensions
“I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss.” – Charles Dickens, Tale of Two Cities Traveling through suburban Detroit, a sprawling city of 143 square miles whose population has dropped from nearly two million to less than 700,000, you can often imagine you are in rural Tennessee. Rutted narrow roads […]
Lawsuit could expand state control of groundwater
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Allen Sumner just issued a preliminary ruling that Siskiyou County must regulate groundwater well permits along the Scott River in accordance with “Public Trust Doctrine.” This means the water now mainly used by hay farmers also will have to be divided among commercial sports fishing, kayaking, Indian Tribes and tourist-hotel interests. […]
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Taking the Right Fast Track on Trade
One aim of President’s Obama’s trip to Asia is coming to agreement on a proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. To enhance that prospect, the President has asked that Congress resurrect “fast-track” trade negotiation authority, which puts trade agreements to up-or-down votes, with no amendments. Without fast-track authority, such negotiations make little headway, because, as Peter […]
Mercy and Liberty
March is Women’s History Month. But virtually ignored is one woman who played a central role in American history—Mercy Otis Warren—who died 200 years ago this October. Termed “The Conscience of the American Revolution” and called a genius by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, Mercy Warren was a leading force behind our freedom. Sister of […]
Some Old Wisdom on Politics
America’s so-called public servants have supported ethically questionable policies, picked our pockets and eroded our rights. Yet they simply pretend that fact away, tar opponents for everything and pitch themselves as America’s unifiers. That is breathtakingly mendacious. In sharp contrast to their rhetoric, the competition to control government to help friends out of others’ pockets […]
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is the Wiz!
In what major city in America can the Mayor run a redlight, slam into a fellow citizen’s car, fail to offer proof of insurance, and get away with it? Oakland of course! Our nation’s third most dangerous city according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s violent crime statistics. Yes in early June, according to her […]
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The California Chardonnay Paradox
Is drinking Chardonnay a thing of the past? That is what I used to think. As a red wine drinker, enamored with the best that France has to offer, I rarely drank or even thought about California white wines or white wines in general (other than Burgundy’s Le Montrachet). The idea of opening up a California […]
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Kerry brushes aside Israeli rejection, says he has ‘outline’ of truce
From the L.A. Times: U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, brushing aside a last-minute Israeli rebuff of U.S.- and U.N.-proposed terms for a weeklong truce in the Gaza Strip, declared Friday that the “basic outline” for a cease-fire was in place and expressed hope it could be finalized before a Muslim feast beginning early […]
GOP lawmakers fight plan to bring more illegal immigrant children to military bases
From Fox News: Republican lawmakers are challenging the Obama administration over a newly announced plan to expand the use of U.S. military bases to house illegal immigrant children, warning that it will put a strain on troops and threaten military readiness. The Pentagon confirmed this week that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has approved a request […]
Obama’s throwback campaign
From Politico: If parts of President Barack Obama’s midterm stump speech sound familiar, they should. They’re from 2012. Obama and his team painted Mitt Romney as a 1 percenter just out to help his own, instead of the middle class — the essence of Obama’s lots of us vs. a few greedy them politics. “Instead […]
Perry zings Christie over N.Y. hopeful
From Politico: The New York GOP gubernatorial candidate snubbed by 2016 presidential prospect Chris Christie was asked to stay away from a party confab this week — but he went anyway after getting backup from other Republican governors eying their own national campaigns. The drama surrounding Christie, the New Jersey governor and Republican Governors Association […]
U.N. shelter in Gaza shelled, killing at least 15; cease-fire elusive
From the L.A. Times: With a cease-fire accord remaining elusive despite intense diplomatic efforts, a U.N. shelter in northern Gaza was shelled on Thursday, causing “multiple deaths and injuries,” according to a spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency. At least 15 people were killed and scores hurt when a school compound in Beit Hanoun, designated as […]
