Reforming the health insurance industry has occupied Washington lawmakers and dominated the news for a better part of a year. Why we need reform has become all too obvious. Forty-
The 550,000 students enrolled at the University of California and the California State University system have been served a steady diet of tuition and fee increases over the past
Fox News lightning rod, Bill O'Reilly, criticized Republicans and Democrats in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulus. Claiming that each side possesses a valid concern in
Ever since humans first understood the power that flowed from the sun, they have wanted to harness it for their own purposes. It all seemed so simple – capture the sunlight,
Panic and resentment can be a deadly combination in politics, and never do the two coincide more frequently than during a time of economic peril. Recent attacks on the IRS
Datamar Surveys polled 794 voters and found that 57% ranked the Top Two Open Primary initiative as an important reform option. Specifically, the poll offered four, major reform options with
California Democratic Senate Majority Leader, Dean Florez, has introduced legislation that would tax sodas and sweetened beverages as an assault against the obesity epidemic. Senate Bill 1210 would levy a
Apparently, Mitt Romney and many conservatives haven't learned their lesson. During CPAC, the former Massachusetts governor devoted a segment of his well-delivered speech to extolling President George
Why is it that state politicians can’t seem to understand that water is a necessity, and not a game? US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) recently decided to take
Creative destruction, as any economist knows, is a healthy feature of a capitalist economy, especially when it comes to the eradication of failed ideas. However, as any economist also knows,
Seeking to pick up steam going into the 2010 congressional midterms and even the 2012 presidential election, conservatives of all stripes descended on Washington DC this past weekend to attend