The California Correctional Peace Officers Association – the state prison guards' union – is complaining about, and pursuing legal action against, the California government because of the supposed unfairness of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's furlough policy, which the union says forces some of its members to work on furlough days without pay.

When California voters approved Proposition 13 by a landslide in 1978, they launched a nationwide revolt for lower taxes. Critics now blame that revolt for our current fiscal crisis. That charge needs to be considered in the light of actual data about property taxes in California.

Months after closing its last budget gap, the Golden State is $20 billion in the red.

Americans have a deep-seated sense that things have gone awry in our Republic, and they're struggling to give voice to their frustrations.

Americans have a deep-seated, inchoate idea that things have gone awry in our Republic, and they're struggling to give voice to their frustrations.

On January 20, New York Times quoted President Obama, trying to rescue his health bill, stressing the need for “some kind of cost containment because if we don’t, then our budgets are going to blow up…”

White House adviser David Axelrod told ABC News that the president wants to focus on "extending the life of Medicare" through cutting payments to providers.

According to Congressional Budget Office projections, in its real first ten years (2014 to 2023), Obamacare would cut Medicare Advantage benefits by $214 billion.