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Demand for local food drives expansion of year-round farmers' markets
Demand for local food drives expansion of year-round farmers' markets
Fueled by a growing demand for locally produced food year-round, the number of farmers' markets extending their operations into winter months is on the rise, according to U.S. Department of Agricultur ...
31 Dec, 2010
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1 min read
Will the Tea Party change anything?
Will the Tea Party change anything?
 "I think it's eerily like 1994. Not much will change." That's what Rich Hamblen told me about the 2010 midterm elections on our way to a political conference sponsored by the Los Angeles-based T ...
21 Dec, 2010
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3 min read
Third Party and Independent activists united in opposition to full-body scanners and enhanced pat-downs
Third Party and Independent activists united in opposition to full-body scanners and enhanced pat-downs
It may seem like the current uproar and ongoing revolt against the Transportation Security Administration’s newest security protocols came out of nowhere, but opposition to full-body scanners has b ...
17 Nov, 2010
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6 min read
Expect big changes if Republicans win back the House
Expect big changes if Republicans win back the House
At this point, it is all but guaranteed that Republicans will hold the House of Representatives come the election in November. Commentators from Nate Silver to Jon Stewart to Karl Rove to Rush Limbaug ...
21 Oct, 2010
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5 min read
Financial analyst Meredith Whitney slams California
Financial analyst Meredith Whitney slams California
Meredith Whitney, who was early and right about the cratering of our banking system, says the appalling fiscal condition of many states is a systemic risk to the entire country, with California being ...
04 Oct, 2010
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3 min read
Why Whitman is leading in the polls
Why Whitman is leading in the polls
When Meg Whitman bested Steve Poizner a few months ago, moderates all over California breathed a sigh of relief that a Republican with more in common ideologically with Arnold Schwarzenegger than with ...
16 Sep, 2010
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3 min read
Sacramento snoozes while state suffers
Sacramento snoozes while state suffers
The state legislature sauntered back from their month long July vacation on August 1 and promptly got back to what they were doing before, which is virtually nothing of substance about passing a budge ...
01 Sep, 2010
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3 min read
California budget crisis:  a genuine tragicomedy
California budget crisis: a genuine tragicomedy
If it wouldn’t too terribly inconvenience the California legislature when they return from their month-long July vacation - taken in lieu of working together to pass a budget - could they possibly try ...
27 Jul, 2010
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3 min read
Surging Independent sentiment, lesser evilism, and Tea Party politics
Surging Independent sentiment, lesser evilism, and Tea Party politics
These days, it seems like we are provided with new evidence of the American public’s desire for Independent and third party alternatives to the Democratic and Republican parties on a regular basis. &n ...
21 Jul, 2010
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Further tax increases unlikely despite California's $19 billion budget deficit
Further tax increases unlikely despite California's $19 billion budget deficit
With less than three weeks until Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his revised budget plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, he and the Democratic majority Legislature have done little to reduce t ...
22 Apr, 2010
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7 min read