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  Denial is not just a river in Egypt.  According to OC Weekly, 66 experienced Register editors, columnists and reporters are leaving the paper accepting […]

On Monday, Community College District trustee Jose Solorio challenged his opponent for State Senate, Supervisor Janet Nguyen, to “return contributions with connections to possible corrupt activities.” Solorio’s call for the return of contributions follows a report in OC Weekly, “Little Saigon Politicians Linked To Alleged Police-Tied Loan Sharking Operation.”

Irvine Council member Beth Krom likes to tell the story about when President George W. Bush visited the city when she was mayor.  While she […]

And today’s Congress, though, is full of folks who stubbornly and automatically reject the scientific evidence about climate change. They will tell you it is a hoax, or a fad. One member of Congress actually says the world is cooling. There was one member of Congress who mentioned a theory involving “dinosaur flatulence” – which I won’t get into.

Yesterday, Congressman Eric Cantor and the leadership of the GOP learned a big, and painful, lesson. When creating a monster, be careful what you wish for. The lesson came in the form of Cantor’s stunning and unprecedented defeat at the hands of TEA Party challenger Dave Brat. Never before has a sitting majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives been defeated in an election contest.

It’s been a tough couple of months for OJ blogger Greg Diamond.  The Democratic Party of Orange County ousts him from his vice chair’s role […]

Hat tip to the folks at CATER.  They have a new website which you can see here and they are clear about two things: they […]

I love newspapers.  I always have.  I get three of them in my driveway every morning.  And as outraged as I was when the OC […]

As you all know Memphis at the Santora has closed, the new location for Drinking Liberally will be the Bistro 400. To start we will be meeting on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month.