THINGS SEEMED to be going very wrong for the state medical-marijuana movement. Two days after Barack Obama was sworn in, federal agents began a series of raids on licensed cannabis dispensaries and growers in California and Colorado--something Obama had suggested would not happen in his presidency. Publication: The American Conservative

If our Democrat rulers thought they were acting in the country's best interests, they wouldn't be in such a hurry to rush through unpopular legislation before anyone can stop them:

Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Andrew Malcolm of the LA Times’ blog Top of the Ticket joins us in the first half-hour to discuss the intersection of politics and media — and to give us his perspective on an often-overlooked special election in California’s 10th Congressional district. [...] Read the rest »

Texas, increasingly, is the economic and intellectual leader of the U.S. During the last 18 months before the current recession took hold, while the country as a whole was still creating jobs, more than half of those jobs were created in a single state: Texas.

Texas has usurped the leadership position that, decades ago, belonged to California. Today California is in decline, likely irreversibly so. William Voegeli draws the sad but instructive comparison in the Los Angeles Times:

We were told that neither the House nor the Senate will vote on a bill before the August recess. Technically you could say the House has as HR 3200 has passed out of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Be sure to contact your congressmen and/or congresswomen over August and tell them to vote NO when it comes up for a floor vote. If your representative has a health care town hall be sure to attend so you can tell him you oppose the bill and why. We have to keep up the heat: