Cure for America’s Socialist Mania: Prosperity
America, President Donald Trump vowed during his State of the Union in February, “will never be a socialist country.” Well, we have some good news […]
California
Kamala’s Contradictions
Kamala Harris, the junior U.S. senator from California who is battling among some two-dozen other candidates for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, didn’t have much […]
Public-Sector Unions: The Other Deep State
When government fails, public-sector unions win. When society fragments, public-sector unions consolidate their power. When citizenship itself becomes less meaningful, and the benefits of American […]
Democrats’ Sanctuary Hypocrisy Shines Through
In just a couple of weeks, Democrat hypocrisy on immigration has gone from a steady flow to an overwhelming torrent. Their complete disregard even for […]
A Legal Immigrant’s Lament
In the late 1940s, my father, Kenneth Billingsley, a veteran of World War II, was working in a mine in the northern reaches of Manitoba. […]
California Has Become America’s Cannibal State
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] For over six years, California has had a top […]
Too Few Homes, Too Many Homeless: How to Fix It
It’s already spring in subtropical California. Up and down the coast, from Venice Beach to San Francisco, tens of thousands of homeless people live in […]
Too Few Homes, Too Many Homeless: How it Happened
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Apart from the fine weather unique to California, there […]
The Battle of the Boyne and the Laboratory of the States
Former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, now governor of California, heard a still, small voice the other night. The voice said, “Gavin, the intentional killing […]
Democrats to Legal Voters: Drop Dead
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Since Democrats took control of the House of Representatives […]
Dual Loyalty Detectives
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) recently bashed those U.S. Senators […]
Video: Victor Davis Hanson on California in Collapse
YouTuber “Conservative Resurgence” returns with another great video highlighting Victor Davis Hanson’s insights on the all the trouble progressives are making in California. Check it […]
Trump Has Saved the Free Speech Movement
He took a hard punch in the face for all of us.” With these words, President Donald Trump transformed Hayden Williams, the young conservative campus […]
Violating the Confessional Will Make Bad Catholics and Bad Americans
California legislators want to force Catholic priests to break the sacramental seal of confession and reveal what penitents disclose in cases of suspected child abuse […]
California’s Rendezvous With Reality
Californians brag that their state is the world’s fifth-largest economy. They talk as reverentially of Silicon Valley companies Apple, Facebook and Google as the ancient […]
A Modest Proposal: Deluge the Woke
California is a global leader in fighting climate change. California’s citizens consistently have supported cutting edge technologies to wean their state off fossil fuel and […]
California Republicans’ Munchausen By Proxy Problem
To paraphrase the oft-misquoted Mark Twain, rumors of the death of the California Republican Party are greatly exaggerated. The results of the November 2018 elections, […]
Is Gavin Newsom California’s Denier-in-Chief?
California’s newly elected governor, Gavin Newsom, gave his first “state of the state” address on February 12, and it was a speech more noteworthy for […]
‘Immoral’ Wall Talk is Just Code for Open Borders
Benjamin Franklin, one of the great intellects of America’s Federal Period, observed, “Love your neighbor; yet don’t pull down your hedge.” In other words, barriers […]
How to Make It Home in California: Rules for the Modern Odysseus
I drove back from San Francisco not long ago to the rural San Joaquin Valley. It is only 200 miles. But in fact, it can […]