California is the largest purchaser of textbooks in the United States.  Unfortunately, with the state’s economy in shambles, California has decided to hold off on buying new textbooks until 2014.  The question is, which textbooks will the state be buying?  For years, California drove what information was included in textbooks across the nation.  However, with the purchase of text books so far off, California’s influence may soon be replaced -- by the state of Texas.  After California, Texas has the second largest textbook market and wields

Fresh from their much-discussed, often ridiculed and ubiquitously hyperlinked “Demon Sheep” political ad, the Carly Fiorina campaign has released a new and similarly Pythonesque political video.

Perhaps it was spurred on by the Tea Party movement or simply a case of looking to unseat a long-serving member of the House of Representatives. Perhaps it was an impassioned belief that the people of California could do better by jumping more to the red side of the political spectrum.  It may have been all three, and more. Mattie Fein, a Republican from Venice, California, is looking to replace Representative Jane Harman as the representative of the 36th District.

It looks like the Tea Party has some competition.  In a bid to offer an alternative to the burgeoning Tea Party movement, the Coffee Party kicked off its first, coordinated meetups on Saturday.  Billed as a counter to the more conservative Tea Party, the Coffee Party originally launched a Facebook group about six weeks ago, and in less than two months, the group has already attracted more than 141,000 fans.  Yesterday, Coffee Party leaders held between 350-400 events at coffee shops across the nation.  Attendees from across the political spectrum discussed healthcare reform, divisive p

Both parties spend so much time fighting each other over controversial legislation that there's little room left for dicussing uncontroversial, non-partisan, non-ideological fixes for many of the persistent problems in government. Here's a list of five simple solutions that could help fix a lot of problems that Californians face:

1. No "Pay to Play" Contracting

This is the third installment in a series profiling 3rd party candidates for Governor of California.

Chelene Nightingale is a staunch advocate of the Constitution and limited government. She has been involved with organizing numerous rallies and political events for the past five years. As a private citizen lobbyist to both Sacramento and DC, she has demanded border security reform and no amnesty for illegal aliens.

Answer quickly:  what does climate change have to do with Prop 13?  Apparently, more than we thought, because the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association (HJTA) has joined leagues with Texas-based Valero Energy Corporation to fight California AB32, one of the principle legislative t

The judge handed down a ruling on the ballot description for the Open Primary initiative today.

Recently America has witnessed two notable acts of— what some are calling— domestic terrorism.  Most recent was the Pentagon shooter.  John Patrick Bedell drove from California to Washington DC in order to open fire on the Pentagon with two 9mm handguns and a trunk full of ammunition.  He injured two officers before being shot down himself, on March 4

For the second time, Marcy Winograd, an accomplished school teacher and Executive Board Member of the California Democratic Party, is challenging sitting Congresswoman Jane Harman for the Democratic nomination for California’s 36th District.  Winograd originally challenged Harman in 2006, challenging her vote in favor of the Iraq War, public support for the Bush Administration’s warrantless wiretapping and the allegations that the Congresswoman would seek reduced espionage-related charges against two American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) officials.  Winograd lost that race,