Editor and contributing author for IVN. B.A. in Government from Claremont McKenna College. Born and raised in San Diego. Registered Independent who leans libertarian on most issues.
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The Tea Party movement is at a crossroads. It will either morph into a viable, third party by 2012, or it will fade away as most populist movements do. It will either develop into a platform of credible fiscal conservatism and constitutional fidelity, or it will be co-opted by GOP
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Independent voters crave credibility in the political arena. But, alas, credibility is hard to find these days. Whether it's Republicans mocking Democrats for excessive federal spending, after adding $5 trillion of debt themselves, or Democrats castigating Republicans for an overly hawkish foreign policy, then repeatedly voting to continue
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The California Tax Reform Association projects that ten different tax increases will generate over $20 billion for the floundering state. Tax hikes on business property, oil, tobacco, alcohol, vehicle licenses, businesses, top income brackets and more will allegedly solve the budget crisis without negatively impacting the state's fragile
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The recent revelations of Climategate have challenged the scientific veracity of global warming and the reputation of the scientific community as a strictly objective and open-minded group. What's often lost in the ongoing debate is the fact that a wholly different climate model was making the front page
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Pearl Harbor Day offers a stark constitutional lesson for independent voters in California and across the nation. Less than twenty-four hours after being bombed by Japan, FDR demanded and received an official declaration of war by the US Congress. A few days later, Congress would officially declare war on Germany
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Last night, President Obama's war speech was especially relevant for independent-minded voters, both in California and across the nation. For the second time in less than a year, our Nobel Peace Prize winning President ordered a massive troop surge into a raging, eight-year war zone. In a year&
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California has never been afraid to recall its political leaders. The latest effort to recall GOP assemblyman, Anthony Adams, failed, but disgruntled citizens are targeting state senator, Bob Huff, next. In an editorial, the LA Times scolds California Republicans for pursuing a counterproductive strategy that will hurt both the party
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As California suffers under 12.5% unemployment and is projected to run an astounding $83 billion worth of deficits over the next four years, billionaire GOP candidates, Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner, are playing the same old political games. Now, this is not meant to be a partisan hit piece.
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An LA Times article outlines the centrist make-up of the GOP candidate field for the 2010 gubernatorial race. Much like Arnold, Poizner, Whitman, and Campbell are campaigning on a strong, fiscally conservative bent and a moderate stance on controversial social issues. Many pundits believe Jerry Brown, if he runs uncontested
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Meg Whitman isn't the only woman running for Governor. Chelene Nightingale is also running for governor on the American Independent Party ticket, and she is proposing some novel solutions to help rescue California from the abyss. At this time, the media and political pundits view her as an
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California politics keeps digging itself deeper and deeper into a hole. Two Representatives, Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson, are under full-scale investigation by the House Ethics Committee, and Jerry Brown's office may have engaged in illegal tape recordings of conversations with news reporters. If these allegations are proven
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In 2009, the Obama administration and Congress predicted the nearly $800 billion stimulus bill would cap national unemployment at 8.1% and create/save 3.5 million jobs over a two-year period. More specifically, the White House predicted that the stimulus bill would add 396,000 new jobs to California