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In Lieu of Character

April 10, 2019 7:29 amApril 11, 2019 6:38 am

Candace Owens of Turning Point USA testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, seeking to clear up Democrats’ stereotypes of African Americans. “The media and the journalists on the left are not interested in telling the truth about me,”...

Close the Border or Lose Our Country

April 8, 2019 8:06 amApril 11, 2019 4:53 am

In a political arena filled with irrationality, here is a rational argument: (1) Illegal immigration poses an existential threat to the nation; (2) Both parties of Congress have failed to acknowledge the threat, let alone deal with it; (3) To...

California’s War on Vaping Will Hurt More Than It Helps

April 8, 2019 6:30 amApril 8, 2019 9:16 am

It’s hard to quit smoking. Nicotine makes it highly addictive; the hand-to-mouth motion and deep inhaling combine to form a powerful craving. But the big league damage from cigarettes is really the result of intaking tar and carbon monoxide generated...

Post-Reprieve PPIC Poll Comforts Gov. Newsom on Death Penalty Reversal

April 4, 2019 8:26 amApril 5, 2019 7:41 am

Nearly one year ago, on April 24, 2018, Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, 72. Authorities across the state were charging that DeAngelo was the East Area Rapist and Golden State Killer, responsible...

Kamala Harris: Pattern of Contempt for Voters and the Law

March 22, 2019 8:02 amMarch 25, 2019 12:33 pm

Sen. Kamala Devi Harris has declared herself unalterably opposed to the death penalty, but some critics, left and right, superficially declare her career as a prosecutor in San Francisco and California proves otherwise. False. Her actions disprove whatever words may...

How ‘New Way California’ Can Find Its Way

March 22, 2019 7:43 amMarch 25, 2019 12:46 pm

In November 2018, former Assembly Republican leader Kristin Olsen wrote a guest commentary for CalMatters entitled “GOP is dead in California. A new way must rise.” She’s right on both counts. California’s GOP is dead. And a new way must rise. Unfortunately, the New Way...

California Supreme Prejudice

March 20, 2019 6:54 pmMarch 25, 2019 12:58 pm

“Thanks to Governor Brown, who breathed new life into the judiciary with 600 plus judicial appointments, 200 of those in his final year. In the last year, these new appointees self-report that 41 percent are non-white and over half of...