The Legislature must ensure Prop. 36 fulfills its promise of less crime and more treatment • Jon Coupal: Enough with the special sessions in Sacramento
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Monday, January 27, 2025

Prisoner firefighters deserve respect – and a better chance at becoming professional fighters

They have proven their mettle on the frontlines, and they have shown a desire to give back to the community to make up for the crimes that got them sent to prison in the first place.

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The Legislature must ensure Prop. 36 fulfills its promise of less crime and more treatment

California’s Proposition 36 is a compelling story about how Californians respond when feeling unsafe and ignored by their elected representatives.

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Jon Coupal: Enough with the special sessions in Sacramento

Now, thanks to two sessions at once, the legislature can spend your money twice as fast. Enough is enough.

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Many things to think about from this past week

It’s been quite the week with Donald Trump back as president of the United States. A flurry of executive orders, policy reversals, advances in Trump’s cabinet and much more have given us plenty to chew on. Over this past week, we have criticized and praised uses of the pardon power by both Trump and his […]

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Debra J. Saunders: What did President Donald Trump learn during his four-year hiatus from the White House?

For one thing, he seems to have learned how to listen.

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The Unbearable Incompetence of Government

Government is bloated, wasteful and at times even fraudulent; and smaller government certainly would alleviate many of these problems.

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Southern California school districts are serving fewer students and facing massive budget deficits

California has a generous hold harmless provision in its funding formula, allowing public schools to collect funding for students they had in previous years but who are no longer at the schools—known as “ghost students.”

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Susan Shelley: President Trump vs. the Deep State

Federal workers’ unions and the new president

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Ken Calvert: A more prosperous and secure America

In just the last week of President Trump, it truly feels like a new day in America in which common-sense, pragmatic solutions to the problems people are facing are winning the day.

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Larry Wilson: As if the fires weren’t enough, anti-vaxxers pose a new threat

The danger of losing herd immunity

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