Ivan the Terrible did it. So did Hitler and Stalin. We know that at least one American president -- and probably others -- did it, although for slightly less diabolical purposes.

Some did it with murderous intent, others to intimidate or silence opposition.

Yes, tyrannical rulers and politicians making lists of political enemies is nothing new, but a school district?  Read more >>

Sir Winston Churchill once said that "for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." It appears Phil Angelides wants to put the entire state of California into that bucket, then fill the bucket with concrete just to make it a little more challenging.  Read more >>

Although it received very little press attention, taxpayers recently won a huge victory in the California Supreme Court. The ruling in Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Beringson has created shockwaves throughout the state among those concerned with local taxation.  Read more >>

To visitors the signs that mark a third-world county are obvious. Crumbling infrastructure, people sleeping in doorways, a wide gap between rich and poor, little or no middle class, limited government services unless you pay "extra," and all political and economic power concentrated in the hands of a small elite minority whose sole mission is to perpetuate their power and wealth.  Read more >>