Last week I received the notice that every American fears most at this time of year. It was a slip of paper included with my mail informing me that …
California Commentary
Forbidden Speech
Philosophers have pondered and debated the question of "what is true?" for eons. Now thanks to the bureaucrats at the California Air Resources Board …
Selling Assets the Wrong Way
Suppose a grinning real estate agent knocks on your door with a proposal. He will buy your home (which you own free and clear) for a fair price if in …
What Will Brown Do?
California is circling the drain and the news keeps getting worse. With unemployment at 12.4 percent -- 2269948 people without jobs -- it should …
A Season of Horrors!
This fall has been especially frightening. There have been the little monsters at our doors on Halloween the monstrous politicians invading our homes …
Jerry Obama: Why Conservatives Must Turn Out for Meg
When Jerry Brown's campaign began running a television ad last week comparing Meg Whitman to Arnold Schwarzenegger it became clear to me that he had …
Report Card: Majority of California’s Legislators Flunk
Earlier this month legislators returned to their districts following the passage of a three-months-late budget that kicks a massive deficit problem -- …
A Very Taxing Ballot
Every day at the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association we receive dozens of calls asking which ballot measures will have the greatest impact on our …
Who is Rosy Projections?
Rosy Projections is a powerful player in state government but when I asked around the Capitol for directions to her office no one could help me. And I …
Prop. 25: New Front in Long War Against Prop. 13
Proposition 25 is the latest weapon against Proposition 13 but backers don't want voters to know it. Statewide polls taken in recent years …