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New party on track to gain ballot access in California
In addition to the Democrats and Republicans, there are four other ballot-qualified political parties in California, and over a dozen smaller political bodies which are formally attempting to gain b...
California: the zombie state
It certainly seems that way sometimes, doesn't it? The California legislature shambles around, bumping into things, with no apparent sense of direction. Issues that managed to get resolved quickly in ...
California hardest hit by NAFTA-generated job losses
It turns out Ross Perot had not fallen off his rocker when he, as a 1992 3rd party presidential candidate, predicted that signing NAFTA would lead to the loss of American jobs to trade partners amid a...
Osama bin Laden is dead, but not much may change on the foreign policy front
A number of contentious issues surrounding the reported death of the most wanted man in America has sparked partisan bickering over the execution of the Administration's wars, but these contentions ha...
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...
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 ...
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...
Minority and out-of-state freshman enrollment to increase at the University of California this Fall
New enrollment data was released last week by the University of California showing that admissions of white and California resident students declined among freshmen who plan to attend a UC school this...
California Jobs Initiative, backed by out-of-state oil, seeks to overturn California global warming law
The California Jobs Initiative has submitted over 800,000 signatures, more than twice as many as needed to be on the ballot in November. It seeks, in effect, to overturn the landmark Global Warm...
Californians rabid about sterilizing cats and dogs
The most heated debate in Sacramento during the past two years hasn’t been budget cuts depriving poor children of health care or awarding billion-dollar tax breaks to corporations. It hasn’t eve...