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  • Voter ID Supporters Losing—Badly! Voter ID Supporters Losing---Badly!
    GOP leaders sound ten-alarm fire alerts that illegal aliens are registered to vote, citing significant influx of foreign nationals surging the U.S.-Mexico border and flown in on Biden-Harris’ CBP-One app.
  • The Kamala Conundrum The Kamala Conundrum
    Throughout her career, Kamala Harris has benefited from the support of friends in high places. Michelle and Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of Harris for president, despite Barack’s original fear that she couldn’t beat Donald Trump, is the latest example. An insider revealed that Obama withheld his Harris endorsement because “he knows she can’t win,” and ...
  • With the Will, Lowering the Political Temp Not Hard With the Will, Lowering the Political Temp Not Hard
      Every day for the last ten years, I’ve given daily thanks that I grew up when I did, in the 1950s, and where I did, Los Angeles County, at the time one of the nation’s leading agricultural producers. Those wonderful days are long-gone and will never return. Compared to today and ...
  • Educated, High-Earning Californians Pack Up, Seek Greener Pastures Educated, High-Earning Californians Pack Up, Seek Greener Pastures
    After decades of dramatic population increases, California’s residency totals have stabilized, although not in the manner that advocates had hoped for. Radical policies embraced in Sacramento, and by other major municipalities including Los Angeles and San Francisco, have accelerated residents’ departure. Those still stuck behind are left to cope ...
  • Red Carpet for Afghanistan, Ukraine, but Cold Shoulder for Maui Red Carpet for Afghanistan, Ukraine, but Cold Shoulder for Maui
      Survivors of the deadly fires in Maui are being offered a $700-per-household payment by FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) and temporary shelter. But in Maui, $700 doesn’t go far. Estimated monthly living costs for a family of four are $7,203. The token $700 represents less than 10 percent of a family’s living costs, an insult ...
  • For Los Angeles Unified $18 Billion Won’t Save District For Los Angeles Unified $18 Billion Won’t Save District
    In what is certain to be financial history’s worst-ever return on investment, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) unanimously approved an $18.8 billion budget. The district’s central budget will be $12.9 billion, but separate funds will contribute to the $18.8 billion total that will also be designated for adult education, the ...
  • On Independence Day: George M. Cohan, the Yankee Doodle Boy On Independence Day: George M. Cohan, the Yankee Doodle Boy
    George M. Cohan, the son of Irish immigrants – often described as the man who owned Broadway – dominated American theater from 1901 until 1940. During that four-decade period, the man born on the Fourth of July produced 80 Broadway shows, many of which he wrote himself, and wrote more than ...
  • Back in Vogue: Child Labor Back in Vogue: Child Labor
    Even though the nation is divided about immigration and its consequences, on one point, unanimity must be reached. Immigration, whether legal or illegal, cannot be a vehicle for child labor. And yet, the Department of Labor has uncovered several incidents that involve under-age migrants working in slave labor-like conditions. A DOL Tweet: ...
  • Displacing American Workers a Norm for Polite Society Displacing American Workers a Norm for Polite Society
    In an article titled, Decline in Immigration Threatens Growth of Regions on the Rise, New York Times columnist Miriam Jordan states that “Immigrants helped make places like Northwest Arkansas economic dynamos. But their dwindling numbers, a big factor in slower population growth, could have long-term repercussions.” Her claim is predicated on the assumption that in a ...
  • So Far, I’m Not Liking the Reboot of Berlin, 1933 So Far, I’m Not Liking the Reboot of Berlin, 1933
    Biden administration ramps up DC security pre-inauguration Jan. 2021. As I write this, it is a dark night where Southern California’s Devil Winds are blowing 50 mph, an hour before the ascendancy of Joseph Robinette Biden and Kamala Harris to the Presidency and Vice Presidency of these United States. Mr. Biden has promised he knows how ...
  • Voter Purges Are A Reality, And What You Can Do Voter Purges Are A Reality, And What You Can Do
    A new report by the Brennan Center shows that millions of registered voters were purged from state registries across the nation, leading to renewed accusations of voter suppression and discrimination. The 1965 Voting Rights Act included numerous provisions to prevent voter discrimination in states that, shall we say, had a history of discriminating by race. States would ...
  • Increased Taxation and Centralized Authority are NOT the answer to homelessness Increased Taxation and Centralized Authority are NOT the answer to homelessness
    Both the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors are considering measures to “deal with homelessness”.  However, none of these measures take into account any of the STRUCTURAL causes of expensive housing or homelessness, and most of these structural causes are the direct result of GOVERNMENTAL POLICY. If you go down and hand ...