Tom McClintock on Amnesty
Congressman Tom McClintock is against amnesty, or so he says. He’s against amnesty for an 18 year old high school valedictorian with straight “A”s who was brought here illegally as a child. He is against amnesty for the Latinos who labor in the fields in 100 degree weather picking crops for the McClintock table or […]
Healthcare Law Could Spur Entrepreneurship
There is a lot of back and forth debate about the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on businesses big and small, but it likely will also have implications on an untold number of ones that haven’t even started yet. Certainly health-related startups will benefit as the large providers and insurance companies invest and […]
Taxpayers Speak Out Against Unjust Fire Tax
For the second time in as many years, the State of California is mailing hundreds of thousands of fire tax bills to rural Californians who live in the so-called State Responsibility Area. The bills are hitting mailboxes even as the class action lawsuit I’m backing has finally received a green light to move forward. As […]
The 13 Year Old Lead Paint Lawsuit
A trial began a few weeks ago before Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg, an appointee of Governor Gray Davis. He is hearing a case without a jury to determine whether five paint manufacturers, including Atlantic Richfield, NL Industries and Sherwin Williams should be held liable and ordered to remove led paint from an estimated 5 million homes […]
Young Tech Tycoons Pushing Left Coast Ahead Of East In Democratic Power Structure
There are two deep-blue regions that are critical to the Obama administration: the Northeast and the coastal region between San Jose and Seattle that truly deserves the moniker of the Left Coast. They dominate the Democratic donor list, and provide the administration with most of its appointees and much of its ideological moorings. Yet this […]