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• The California 'Mordida' Thu Mar 7
  Victor Davis Hanson
  California now works on the principle of the mordida, or "bite." Its government assumes that it can take something extra from residents for the privilege of living in their special state. ... more
• Why Poaching Profits People Sun Feb 17
  Kevin McCullough
  Critics of a free market economy are also critics of individual responsibility. Because they believe in higher taxes, centralized control, and absolute intolerance to other viewpoints, they find themselves reducing free market ideas to that of human flatulence. ... more
• Gov. Brown Does the Sacramento Choo-Choo Sun Jan 27
  Debra J. Saunders
  Gov. Jerry Brown gives great speeches with unusual quotes that never let the listener forget he is a former seminarian. ... more
• Freedom Lost Sat Jan 12
  Bill O'Reilly
  If you see Kris Kristofferson around, please tell him thanks for writing the line "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose" in his song "Me and Bobby McGee." That thought is sage and very appropriate for America in the year 2013. ... more
• Jerry Brown Says to the Feds, Back Off Thu Jan 10
  Debra J. Saunders
  "It is now time to return the control of our prison system to California," Gov. Jerry Brown declared at a news conference Tuesday morning. ... more
• Fifty Shades of Golden: California’s Election Year Masochism Mon Oct 22
  Kurt Schlichter
  As the Golden State continues to transition into Greece-on-the-Pacific, this election year should have been an opportunity for its citizens to try to stop the madness. But it hasn’t worked out that way. Instead, this year Californians have embraced the model of Kevin Bacon in Animal House, figuratively assuming the position and repeating “Thank you, sir, may I have another?” ... more
• Prop 30 -- Delphic Oracle Pronouncement Sun Oct 21
  Debra J. Saunders
  When he ran for governor of California in 2010, Jerry Brown traded on cryptic pledges -- most notably, "no new taxes without voter approval" -- that, like pronouncements by the oracle at Delphi, could mean whatever listeners wanted to hear. ... more
• Obama: Industrial Age Solutions to Information Age Challenges Thu Sep 27
  Michael Barone
  In 2008, voters under 30 preferred Barack Obama over John McCain by a 66 to 32 percent margin. Among older voters, Obama led McCain by 50 to 49 percent. ... more
• Oakland Teacher Predicts ‘Civil Unrest’ Over California Gov. Brown’s Pension Meager Reform Fri Sep 14
  Kyle Olson
  California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a pension reform bill Wednesday which, among other things, increases the retirement age for future public employees, limits post-retirement employment for all employees and ends the purchasing of additional service credit time for all employees, according to California Federation of Teachers Legislative Representative Dolores Sanchez. ... more
• Party Like It’s 1978: Governor Jerry Brown And The Same Ol’ Failed Ideas Sun May 27
  Austin Hill
  The Golden State’s circumstances are dire, yet Jerry Brown is facing the crisis with an approach that’s nearly forty years old. ... more
• Jerry Brown's Plan B Sun Mar 18
  Debra J. Saunders
  California Gov. Jerry Brown likes to talk about "loyalty to California." For Brown, that means that public people should put aside their partisan interests to do what is best for the Golden State. ... more
• Jerry Brown Running California Much Like Rizzo’s City of Bell Wed Feb 1
  Townhall.com Staff
• Getting Nowhere, Very Fast Tue Jan 31
  Thomas Sowell
  California has a huge state debt and Washington has a huge national debt. But that does not discourage either Governor Jerry Brown or President Barack Obama from wanting to launch a very costly high-speed rail system. ... more
• Jerry Brown on Triumph and Tiptoes Thu Dec 29
  Debra J. Saunders
  "You don't normally end on a triumphant note. You enter in triumph, and you leave on tiptoe," quoth Jerry Brown at a Tuesday press conference to sum up the first year of his second stint as California governor. ... more
• APNewsBreak: Calif. rail project to cost $98B Mon Oct 31
  AP News
• Memorial for Jobs planned at Stanford Sunday Sun Oct 16
  AP News
• Report: Jobs memorial planned at Stanford Sunday Sat Oct 15
  AP News
• CA has new law to stop intimidation of farmworkers Mon Oct 10
  AP News
• Gov. signs bill banning open carry of handguns Mon Oct 10
  AP News
• Statement from Jerry Brown about Steve Jobs' death Thu Oct 6
  AP News
• Calif. gov signs law expanding auditor authority Wed Oct 5
  AP News
• US-Mexico governors conference languishes Thu Sep 29
  AP News
• California embarks on corrections overhaul Thu Sep 29
  AP News
• US-Mexico governors conference languishes Thu Sep 29
  AP News
• What’s the purpose of public education anyway Wed Sep 28
  Marybeth Hicks
  Barely enough time has passed for bologna sandwiches to begin rotting in school lockers, yet the 2011-2012 school year is shaping up to be one of the stinkiest ever, if we’re measuring in episodes of putrid political correctness and radicalism. ... more

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