“If you get breast cancer, I’m sorry honey; you have less chance of survival than before this bill passed.” Those words were declared by Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers six months ago during his opening statements regarding health care reform. Since Mr. Roger’s statement, Republican Scott Brown won a Massachusetts special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s vacant seat.  Americans across the nation focused on the campaign in hopes that Brown would win in order to break the democrat majority needed ...

Haiti’s tragic events could happen anywhere in the world.  Some estimate the 7.0 earthquake could reach a final death toll of nearly 200,000 individuals.  In addition, Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince, has been ravished due to poor building design and construction. Not only is Haiti one of the poorest countries in the world, but according to the International Corruption Perceptions Index, it is also one of the most corrupt ranking near the bottom at number 168.  In contrast the United State...

Amnesty would provide the United States with a "foundation for robust, just, and widespread economic growth" according to Chicano Studies Professor Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda. In his report for the Center for American Progress, Dr. Hinojosa-Ojeda cited that comprehensive immigration reform would benefit both the American worker and the American economy. It's highly doubtful legal American citizens will agree with the professor since the US unemployment rate is currently 17.5% (including those who are ...

An open carry revolution is underway in the United States, and Californians are participating in the act of exercising their constitutional rights. In fact, the second amendment of the Bill of Rights states: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” Yet infringement upon our gun rights is occurring at an alarming rate nationwide.  Last year, a Homeland Security report was leaked labeling in...

The state legislature nicknamed California "The Golden State" back in 1968.  Although politically and socially the "land of milk and honey" was experiencing turmoil due to riots, assassinations, and walk-outs, both economy and industry developed a burgeoning middle class and housing market.  Although anti-communist Ronald Reagan presided over the state in 1968, this historic year shows the dramatic social and political changes that would lead California onto the path of destruction. During the ...