Category Archives: CA

Secession & Its Discontents

Draper’s effort has already received over 800,000 signatures: A multi-millionaire who believes California should be separated into six separate states says he has gathered enough signatures to place it on the ballot in two years. Venture capitalist Tim Draper, 55, … Continue reading

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L.A. Muralists Paint the Town Wall-to-Wall With Ethnic Pride

Here’s an oldie but a goodie. From a 1997 article in the Christian Science Monitor entitled “L.A. Muralists Paint the Town Wall-to-Wall With Ethnic Pride”: LOS ANGELES — When people think of Los Angeles murals, it’s the Chicano barrio of … Continue reading

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Senor King

The reaction here, from Salinas’ “residents”, is a harbinger of things to come. It’ll be the brown equivalent of the Rodney King verdict’s aftermath.

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CA-to-TX

In “Taking a Back Seat to Texas”, Joel Kotkin reports on the latest example of “CA to TX” corporate flight: The most important news recently to hit Southern California did not involve the heinous Donald Sterling, but Toyota’s decision to … Continue reading

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L.A.: City of Angles

If you’re a fan of L.A.’s architectural styles from the 1940s through the 1960s (think art deco, John Lautner, Disney’s Tomorrowland, etc.), you’ll enjoy Charlotte Allen’s recent piece in The Weekly Standard (“City of Angles“), which is largely a review … Continue reading

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One More Milestone

In CA, a canary in the coalmine for the rest of the country, an important milestone is passed: It is a demographic milestone signalling the changing face of America: this month, Latinos will overtake whites to become California’s largest racial/ethnic … Continue reading

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Malibu

Buffalo Springfield take the top off their Corvette on a drive in Malibu, California on October 30th, 1967.

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CA Supreme Ct: Illegal Immigrants Can Get Law License

One step closer to their being absolutely no difference between a U.S. citizen and an illegal alien living in the U.S.: Citing a new state law allowing illegal immigrants to get their law licenses, the California Supreme Court on Thursday … Continue reading

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CA as Predictor of America: Pt. 391,288

As I get older, I find myself disliking cops more and more. The vast majority of them go through their whole careers never once firing their gun. Many of them today are the muscle-head jocks of high school who get … Continue reading

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Diversity Prompts Increased Racial Isolation

The AP has a story called “Diversity Prompts Increased Racial Isolation”, which uses the CA town of Watsonville as the microcosm of California writ large and, eventually, America writ large: Spanish is spoken in most homes and businesses in town, … Continue reading

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