News publications across the state are reporting the plunge in illegal immigration here in the United States. The Washington Post takes a good look into the numbers, saying that illegal
As colleges and universities continue to see dramatic declines in revenue and our nation’s young people carry increasingly high levels of student loan debt, there was a strong feeling
Extra taxes on such goods as alcohol and tobacco are sometimes referred to as “sin taxes,” since, as the name suggests, they are seen as vices. When buying a loaf
Avatar's pro-environment, anti-war ideology has been thoroughly scrutinized by political pundits on both sides of the aisle. One aspect of their critical analysis that has been
My recent article promoting Medicare as a solution to the crisis in health insurance costs and availability started a lively discussion about the pros and cons of the 44-year-
Earlier this week I was reading AB 347, a bill that is currently circulating in Washington DC. The summary reads as follows: "Allows an individual or a corporate taxpayer
Mandates, funded or unfunded, aren’t unique to the federal government -- the state imposes 51 on school districts and community colleges, with one requirement costing as much as $200 million
Maybe Carly Fiorina should spend less time counting sheep and more time boning up on Government 101.
When asked whether California should turn to bankruptcy to deal with its budget
First, it was GOP victories in the gubernatorial elections of Virginia and New Jersey. Just last month, it was the senatorial election of Scott Brown who claimed a historic Republican
California's Food and Agriculture Secretary, A.G. Kawamura, is encouraging farmers to attend a three month long boot camp for global marketing. Over six sessions, small to medium
The Southern California Public Power Authority is partnering with Ice Energy in a utility-scale distributed energy project to reduce electrical demand for air conditioning. Currently, when temperatures rise, air
For the first time, slightly over 20% of the state's registered voters are officially classified as 'Decline to State'. Some political analysts also posit that this