Political Studies (American Politics) graduate from The Master's College. Written for Religion News Service, Human Events, Cybercast News Service, and USA Today. Leans libertarian. Focuses on internet's role in underdog political campaigns.
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In examining immigration policy, those interested in the topic are apt to first look to traditional, English speaking media covering the matter. For Californians, this means reading the LA Times, The Daily News, The Sac Bee, The San Francisco Chronicle, etc. In becoming preoccupied with English speaking outlets, the immigration
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Appearing on Fox News with Greta Van Susteren (Feb. 23), Governor Schwarzenegger briefly emphasized the need for immigration reform in light of California’s economic woes. “We've got to go and make a decision so that people can come to this country legitimately, rather than having quotas there,
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David Provost, former professor at Cal State Fresno, recently took on advocates who favor a one term limit in the state legislature. In short, Provost isn’t fond of the one term notion. Rather, he favors a 12 year limit system allowing for politicians to come back after sitting out
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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 the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Much of the conference’s focus was devoted to reigning in the federal government’
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The drug trade and its accompanying violence continues to be a problem south of the border. Approximately 90% of the cocaine reaching U.S. soil from South America comes through Mexico, said a portion of the annual report from the Director of National Intelligence. In addition, the report said that
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It appears that recent government-proposed solutions to staggering financial circumstances are not working. At the federal level, the Obama administration must deal with a pessimistic report that TARP funds aren’t lifting the struggling institutions it promised to help (TARP funds intended to assist in relieving the inflated housing bubble
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News publications across the state are reporting the plunge in illegal immigration here in the United States. The Washington Post takes a good look into the numbers, saying that illegal immigrants living in the United States have declined by 1 million. This translates into a January 2009 presence of 10.
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Comprehensive immigration reform is the right thing to do economically, politically, and morally, said Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) and Sonia Manzano (of Sesame Street fame). Honda and Manzano put forth their message in a Feb. 5, 2010 op-ed for Roll Call, a premier publication on Capitol Hill. "The tide
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According to the Los Angeles Times, President Obama's recently released budget plan will allocate more than $1 billion to California. Besides going toward healthcare for needy families, funds will also be apportioned to jailing for illegal immigrants convicted of crimes. Specifically, funding would go toward the State Criminal
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The Associated Press reports that approximately 3/4 of Californians see the state heading the wrong direction. The recent findings are based on a Public Policy Poll conducted of sampling of 2,001 Californians from Jan. 12-19. Among cited concerns are, of course, the economy and budgets. But, the poll
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Widespread political discontent with the powers in charge is nothing unique these days, being an almost hip, countrywide trend. According to the most recent Gallup Poll, the country as a whole holds a subpar 48% job approval rating of President Obama. As the administration stumbles in limbo and strategizes to
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In a bizarre series of recent events within the political world, Massachusetts citizens elected themselves a moderate Republican senator in a liberal fortress, thus ending the Democratic supermajority in Congress, and spelling trouble for the Democratic agenda. While it is premature to label that particular race a harbinger of this