California Near Default, Again

California is back under the spotlight. California representatives are saying they have only enough money in the budget to pay for state assistance until November 2010. What happens if California defaults? Sacramento Bee’s Dan Walters has tried to count total California public debt, including that of local municipalities, and his total reaches $500 billion. Whatever […]

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The Prop 187 Myth

Posted by Erick Erickson Of all the issues in which inside the beltway groupthink cloud good judgment, none is more obvious than the tales of immigration and the decline of the GOP. The issue is best summed up by the strategic thinkers inside both the Democrat and Republican Parties who say that opposition to “comprehensive” […]

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California’s Middle East Studies Profs Target Israel

by Cinnamon Stillwell FrontPage Magazine June 15, 2010 [Ed. note: title differs slightly from publisher’s.] In recent months, two University of California campuses, Berkeley and San Diego, have been embroiled in fierce debates following the introduction of anti-Israel divestiture resolutions by their respective student senates. Both were defeated, but not before a number of California’s […]

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Aiding Arizona while denouncing it

By MICHELLE STEEL 2010-06-01 15:19:40 California’s liberal politicians are clamoring to denounce Arizona’s attempt to deal with illegal immigration. The city of Los Angeles has authorized a boycott of Arizona, and calls for boycotts have been heard in San Francisco and in the state Capitol. War has been declared on a neighboring state that is […]

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