Essay

Successful ballot harvesting is not unlike squeezing all the water out of a sponge; it's about making sure every person registered to your party votes. Across California, data shows that one-third of registered voters in each of the two major parties (Democrats and Republicans) do not vote or do not vote consistently. Among independents or … Read more

Biden started his speech with great vigor and confidence, or so it appeared. As he went on, the speech became a stew of vitriol and self-justifications. Less than half-way through, it was obvious. It was nothing more than a campaign speech, written and delivered to bolster his candidacy and reelection later this year. In the … Read more

by Geo. H. Corrales, Carlsbad, California Criminal law can do only two things: deter crime and/or punish criminals. People who refrain from committing crimes generally do so out of fear of punishment. That’s the deterrence aspect of law-making. On the other hand, people who habitually commit crimes do so because the punishment isn’t enough to … Read more

Why Trump Needs to be President Again By George Corrales, Carlsbad, California It’s interesting that anti-Trumpers really only have a personal beef with him. They don’t like him personally. They never argued against his economic and foreign policy accomplishments. Why? Who would not want the U.S. to be energy-independent? Who would not want joblessness among … Read more

How we’ve allowed a numbskull president to get this far is beyond me. The country is out of control and in complete chaos because of him. You can point to everything in disarray to Biden’s administration. Specifically, the border crisis is completely under his control and doesn’t require any assistance from Congress to do anything … Read more