LOCAL NEWS HEADLINES Another California City Struggles With Finances The Detroit of California 2010 Tulare Union graduate named preseason All-American Era of private flood insurance gets its first test in Visalia Veterans teaching cadets on Memorial Day Manufacturing facts and figures for Fresno State: Population growth predicted to slow in San Joaquin Valley ....read the report here Family farms protected from Big Government ....television report Nunes blog: “MoFo” Law Firm Packs-in the Cash
CALIFORNIA HEADLINES 21 Century wagon train east? Exodus California continues… Going for broke: California's free fall Fracking Safe...Inglewood Oil Field Study Concludes Biomass plants dirty? Green energy finds compliance with govt regs challenging... California Dreaming Nightmare. Public pensions unfunded... Green Apple Co. turns to Brown to save some cash. Dominos falling. Is there anything the State can do? Gone to pot. L.A. reconsiders marijuana clinics... Another California city goes bankrupt Gov's high speed (rail) spending may start a tax revolt New public pension rules coming Community Colleges on the brink Digital textbooks in California schools What do California, Illinois, and the EU have in common?
COLUMNISTS George Will Michael Barone Victor Davis Hanson Stephen F. Hayes Jonah Goldberg Joel Kotkin
NATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES A Hidden World - Top Secret America AARP vs. Seniors? It's all about the money The new green military? One man's mission: save the light bulb Who killed the Twinkie? The Takers: The cost of out of control regulation Government Didn't Build That (or bail it out): Ford 'green' car gets rave reviews NOT AGAIN! "too big to fail" and talk of bailout Green Energy in the Red: Failed White House projects pile up... U.S. poised to hand over $197 million to another solar panel start-up Estimated fossil fuel reserves jump-- Why aren't we drilling? RADICAL ALERT: Climate Change ‘As Dangerous’ as Iran’s Nukes and Possibility of War Obamacare slush funds used by states to lobby Congress? Investigation under way... Franklin Delano Obama? History repeats... Obamacare's bad side effects Cyber Tax: States seek to impose e-taxes Lights go dim on another energy project Happy birthday, America! Time to totally overhaul your tax code
INTERNATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES National Inteligence Estimate: China to replace US and assume role as largest economy... Apocalyptic doom: World Bank invests in environmentalist propaganda... NO CHANGE: Chinese President declares one-party rule and state dominance over economy to continue Climate Changes. 52 million years ago Antarctica had palm trees 4 Shameful Moments in Olympics History RADICAL ALERT: Greenpeace declares war. Subs, UAVs deployed... Syria to world: stay out of our business or we will use WMD... Hero or villian? IMF: Oil prices could double in the next decade Forget France ... but don't forget Greece Why the Portuguese government is no longer reading Keynes
IN DEPTH The Pilgrims and Property Rights: How our ancestors got fat & happy Wind of Death? Windmills don't just bleed rate-payers... Obamacare regulations now longer the world's longest novel...and they are still being written! NUNES: A tax reform to get businesses expanding High Speed Rail Exposed: Taken For A Ride... Happy 99th Birthday, Milton Friedman! A tribute to the late, great economist Don't Eat Your Dog: The Surprising Moral Case for Free Enterprise Don't Eat Your Dog: The Surprising Moral Case for Free Enterprise 1942: A pivotal year for freedom Allan Meltzer on the Federal Reserve Europe past and present Entitlement reform, no stimulus, would have lowered unemployment Brookings Report: The geography of U.S. manufacturing Chatham House (UK): U.S.- China relations after 2012 U.S. debt threatens economic growth for a generation Rand Study: China and Iran West Point study on Osama Bin Laden A second look at the Medicare Trustees report Heritage Foundation Guide to the Constitution The arc of instability in Africa Why the tax code must be changed More on the Laffer Curve The North Korean missile threat and Asia Why America is missing out on the global Liquid Natural Gas market 5 water myths Fracking and energy independence Record natural gas output Changes proposed in the Federal Reserve The debt cycle revisted A guide to our shale gas future