A $116 Billion Burden: The Economics of Illegal Immigration
Illegal immigrants and their children cost American taxpayers $135 billion annually—or $8,075 per alien per year, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform’s (FAIR) […]
California
Of ‘Sanctuary States’ and Other Follies
The Resistance wants a showdown with Donald Trump, and looks like it will get its wish soon. Our Democrats would make California a “sanctuary state,” […]
Antifa Activists Are Enemies of America
Fascism is indefensible. Antifa is also indefensible. Both are antithetical to civil society and need to be put down decisively. Street violence in Berkeley last […]
California’s Latest Delusion: Calexit
Millions of Californians greeted the election of Donald Trump with cries of “Not my president!” For more than few of them, it was a short […]
The ‘9th Circus’ is Badly Broken—Let’s Fix It
The Sacramento Bee recently editorialized in defense of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a frequently (and legitimately) maligned court that has periodically been […]
Who’s Really Lying About Climate Change?
Arnold Schwarzenegger really should be careful about calling people liars. Especially when he’s trying to pass off faith as scientific fact. Maybe you saw the […]
Goodbye Joe Scarborough . . . Hello, Kid Rock
Joe Scarborough is out and Kid Rock is in. Joe made official his departure from the Republican Party this week, following in the footsteps of […]
Could an Independent Make California Great Again?
Once upon a time, two great political parties competed for voters’ attention and support in California. Then one party lost its mind and the other […]
Why the ‘Fight for 15’ Could Blow Up in the Faces of the Poor
Nobody deserves a minimum wage. Everyone deserves a fair wage. But what’s “fair” depends on a whole host of factors, not least of which is […]
Liberal Tech Could Become a Millstone for Trump
When President Trump took office, it only made sense that he would court the burgeoning tech industry for advice. After all, his campaign was built […]
No Sanctuary for the Truly Vulnerable in California
Even as the nation is taking a decided step away from the leftward thrust of the last eight years in our politics, we Californians—who have […]
Fundamentalist Nihilism
At some point, progressivism begins to collapse by the weight of its own internal contradictions and becomes faith-based. Future anthropologists will have a difficult time […]
Liberals will Rue Becerra’s prosecution of Planned Parenthood Video Producers
Where are the liberals? In California, I’m led to believe they’re everywhere. I’m not so sure. I hear people lamenting the sad state of Trump’s […]
In Feinstein vs. Gorsuch, Originalism Wins
Neil Gorsuch is no Robert Bork—to the great chagrin of the Senate Democrats who are trying to block his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. […]
Political Violence and Coming-of-Age for an American Student
The recent events at Middlebury College should have been a jolting reminder that all is not well in our polarized culture or, especially, in our institutions […]
Lowering the Voting Age Would Further Cheapen the Franchise
What is it with certain Democrats and their desire to debase the vote? I can’t think of any other way to describe it. That would […]
California’s Roads and Highways are Crumbling
Did you hear about the freeway that ate the firetruck? It’s no joke. The big storm that rolled through on Feb. 17 had most of […]
The Lethal New Meaning of the Berkeley Fascist Anti-Fascist “Protests”
Here’s the new bottom line: we now have a blueprint of what works for the vanguard of the Left. It was simple enough for them […]
Liberate the Universities!
Berkeley is burning. So are thousands of college and university campuses across the United States. Not literally. Not at the moment. The actual fires have […]
Dispatch from ‘The Resistance’: California Bills Would Hasten Indoctrination
California legislators, with all of the foresight of a newspaper columnist, have scanned the news pages in search of new monsters to destroy. With the […]