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California should thank ICE for arresting Iranian terror general’s high-living relatives

California politicians have spent years bashing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). State Senator Scott Wiener and Governor Gavin Newsom tried to make it illegal for ICE to wear masks.  Attorney General Rob Bonta has threatened to…

Gavin Newsom’s $19M PR bid can’t hide reality: He’s a failed governor

Gavin Newsom is hiring a New York PR firm to sell California — ahead of his likely presidential bid — at a cost to taxpayers of  $19 million.

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Big Tech censors are back, ensuring that workers want unions, and other commentary

Florida is proactively working to “hold government employee unions accountable,” notes Aaron Withe at The Hill, by forcing them to demonstrate “support from an absolute majority of the people it claims to speak for.”

First partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s ‘war on women’ attack falls flat

Nobody elected “first partner” Jennifer Siebel Newsom — and she’s not winning her husband any votes. Not with potshots at President Donald Trump for supposedly discriminating against women by firing Kristi Noem at Homeland Security and…

What I learned exposing fraud in California

Californians are becoming aware of just how rampant fraud is in the Golden State.

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The ongoing war with Iran: Letters to the Editor — April 6, 2026

The Issue: The United States’ war with Iran entering into its second month with possible ground operations. President Trump continues to say the Iranians want to make a deal (“Bridge-blast toll on Tehran,” April 3). The only acceptable…

Make golf fun again: Bring the noise

Golf doesn’t need civility and silence—it needs to spring to life. 

New book claims China is harvesting prisoners’ organs and selling them to foreigners

The book “Killed to Order” claims the Chinese government takes organs from prisoners, including members of the religious group Falun Gong. Last year, Congress passed the Falun Gong Protection Act.

Make Alcatraz a prison again — no better shrine to Law and Order

Can President Trump make Alcatraz a prison again? It’s an intriguing idea. The president’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, sent to Congress on Friday, requested $152 million to restore the iconic lockup and return it to…

Schools should educate children, not train activists

Instead of prioritizing academic excellence, too many teachers, with the support of their principals, are pushing political agendas. 

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How much longer will Mamdani let the NYPD keep a lid on crime?

For the entirety of his time in politics, Mamdani has been staunchly pro-crime. 

Why Trump must indeed blast Iran’s regime back to the Stone Ages

Looking for a negotiated off-ramp is undoubtedly tempting. But there can be no deal with thugs.

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Back to the moon and more: Letters to the Editor — April 5, 2026

Back to the moon Billions were spent on this project to send astronauts to the moon (“New space age launches,” April 2). NASA’s Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion…

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Trump hate is now the ONLY thing the Democratic Party stands for

“We are now, to many, America the reckless, unpredictable, predatory rogue nation. That is this administration’s and this president’s legacy,” lectured Bruce Springsteen.

Why the Artemis II mission is exciting everyone so much

BBC science editor Rebecca Morelle, who was covering the launch of Artemis II, couldn’t contain her enthusiasm when the first plumes of smoke spread out from the launch pad.

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Rahm Emanuel is latest Dem to bash his party’s lunatic obsessions

Democrats have “lost the plot,” the former Chicago mayor and Obama chief of staff railed last week on the the “Fifth Column” podcast.

Now colleges are even dropping the swimming test — and that could cost lives

I vividly remember the trepidation I felt as a Cornell University student when I took my required swim test.

Fraud King Gavin Newsom has few answers

“California Schemin.’”  Do those words refer to Gavin Newsom’s bid for the presidency — or to the rampant fraud in the state he leads? Perhaps it’s both. Nearly every time Team Trump highlights or prosecutes fraud in…

Minimum wage politics are a tax grab in disguise

Every time a new city council or group of politicians rallies behind a massive minimum wage hike, you can practically script the rollout in advance. “It’s about helping workers in a tough economy.”  That’s always the headline and…

Want to pay for other people’s car repairs? In California, you will

How very California. Here on the left edge of America, governors, legislators and bureaucrats love to impose their partisan Utopia on the rest of us –– at our own expense, of course. This time it’s taxpayer subsidies for personal EV…