Uber-blogger/radio host Hugh Hewitt doesn't like a lot of things: liberals, liberal journalists, liberal movies, liberal societal mores--and now, liberal oldies. Hewitt tells readers on Jan. 3 that KRTH-FM 101.1's Top 300 Songs of All Time countdown over the New Year's weekend was the "Worst Top 300 List Ever". We agree: any oldies list that has no "96 Tears", one Beach Boys pick and NOTHING by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, the Animals, the Kinks or Buddy Holly is an automatic joke
They say that children are our future, but just in case they're wrong, Orange County is investing heavily in political hacks. In his "Golden State" column today, LA Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik takes a look at OC's First5 commission, which is charged with spending the money from the tobacco surcharge imposed by 1998's Proposition 10. The surcharge pumps about $40 million into OC each year, and the money is meant to be spent on health, welfare, and educational services for children 5
This will come as no surprise, but Aliso Viejo's Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minutemen (not the immortal patriotic heroes of Lexington and Concord– Jim's are the flabby guys who have figured out how to combine xenophobia and birdwatching by scanning the horizon for Mexicans instead of great blue herons) is engaged in wishful thinking again. I'm not referring to his plans for a "multistate civilian border patrols" reported in this morning's Register. No, I'm referring to something else h
