Opinion Forum

Why I Left California

November 8th, 2010

By Nancy Morgan After living in California for 33 years, I finally decided to leave. I sold my business and my home and relocated to South Carolina. I moved to California when I was 17. Like most of my fellow residents, I was busy living my life. I gave very little thought to politics, assuming […]

Articles written by Nancy Morgan
Tags: California, conservative, education, liberal bias, press, South Carolina, taxes
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California Marriage Definition Held Unconstitutional

August 5th, 2010

By Dan Miller Now that the state’s gay marriage ban has been overturned by a federal judge, what happens next? * * * In anticipation of the issuance on August 4, 2010, of a decision on the constitutionality of a provision of California’s Constitution defining marriage as solely between one man and one woman, gay […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: California, Constitution, constitutionality, gay marriage, Proposition 8
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California Prop 19 vs. Arizona’s Immigration Law

July 16th, 2010

By Dan Miller If the federal government does not preempt the Golden State’s attempt to legalize marijuana, it would make their attack on Arizona’s immigration law look like a matter of political whimsy. * * * California Proposition 19 would make the sale and use of marijuana for many purposes, beyond medical use, lawful and […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Arizona, California, federal preemption, immigration, marijuana, Proposition 19
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Assisted Suicide, Human Rights and Wrongs

May 30th, 2010

By Dan Miller The controversy over assisted suicide has been much in the news of late, in the United States, Canada, Britain and probably elsewhere. Here is an interesting case, but not relevant to this article. As with most controversies many on all sides of the issue present persuasive arguments. I suspect that most people […]

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Tags: assisted suicide, California, legislation, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington
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Perhaps Angelinos Should Boycott Themselves

May 25th, 2010

By Brian Bagent I think I’m going to build a trebuchet outside Brownsville and start a campaign to launch all of these hypocrites over the Rio Grande. It’ll be a big trebuchet, maybe with a 40 foot arm and about a one-ton counterweight. I might even be able to toss them all the way to […]

Articles written by Brian Bagent
Tags: 1099-misc, Arizona, border, California, illegal, immigration, Mexico, trebuchet
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