Sierra Faith

Fred Sanders: Baseball player Duke Snider died this weekend in Escondido, California, at age 84. If you’ve got baseball in your soul, the headline is all you need to read to know that his death symbolizes more than just a personal loss to his family and friends. The death of the Duke of Flatbush means [...]

Governor Walker for President. KIDS? EDUCATION? THE HELL WITH ‘EM: Madison schools will close again on Monday — the 4th school day in a row — to accommodate teachers protesting at the Capitol. They don’t care about your kids. They care about themselves, and about money, and political power. UPDATE: Related thoughts from a high [...]

It will only get worse. But ultimately, the Brown approach is narrow and exclusively fiscal. The governor is trying to balance the books without addressing the government-imposed conditions that tend, inevitably, to unbalance them. The problem of unsustainable pensions is one of those conditions — and while Brown does propose to address it, he hasn’t [...]

And not letting kids ride bikes with American flags: 13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He’s had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was told to [...]

A few years ago, I would have said Nevada, but Nevada is filling with California ex-pats, and the resulting state political intelligence has plummeted accordingly. Now, Wyoming on the other hand. . . .

And California re-elects Boxer and Brown. California is going into the ditch and Oklahoma will thrive: OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma voters have approved a measure that would forbid judges from considering international law or Islamic law when deciding cases. Republican Rex Duncan, the sponsor of the measure, called it a “pre-emptive strike” designed to [...]

And vote for more deficit spending, higher taxes and the decimation of the best healthcare in the world. Voting for Boxer and Brown is not only tragic, but simply stupid: It’s tragic that state’s gonna get run deeper into the ground. Congrats to Barbara Boxer, who won’t have to endure being called “ma’am” by her [...]

Will we Californians Pass or Fail our Intelligence Test this Tuesday? Governor Moonbeam tells us his Plan:

Nice.