CA GOP bars media from Q&A with party chairman
California Republicans are billing a big moment at their upcoming fall convention in Los Angeles as an “Ask Anything!” question-and-answer session with state GOP Chairman Jim Brulte. But if you’re a member of the media, you don’t get in at all — not even to...
My Weekend Fling With the Conservatarians
Before last weekend's Reboot 2014 conference even began, it was blasted in PandoDaily as a "cesspool" of "hick fascism" mixed with "Silicon Valley’s emerging brand of optimistic, half-understood libertarianism, part hippie cybernetics, part hot-tub-Hayek." Wow. With advance notices like that, how could you not want a...
Republicans look to improve brand, tech skills in Silicon Valley
It's not easy being a conservative in Silicon Valley. People who lean to the right are vastly outnumbered in the nation's high-tech hub, and say they sometimes have to downplay their views. Continue reading this article at the Los Angeles Times
Moviegoer with traditional Sikh sword ejected from East Bay theater
EMERYVILLE -- A Sacramento man who wore a traditional Sikh sword to an Emeryville theater last month says he was unfairly asked to remove the small weapon or leave the movie house. Manjot Singh, 29, said he wants AMC Theatres to change its policies after...
Calling All Conservatarian Coders: Rand Paul Has a Gig For You
The conservative movement is looking for a few good nerds. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a likely Republican presidential hopeful, will return to the Bay Area this July to address hundreds of programmers and other whiz kids interested in helping libertarian and conservative causes close the...
Case of toppled campaign sign: Defamation suit by Menlo Park councilwoman’s husband dismissed
A San Mateo County judge has put an end to the ongoing defamation lawsuit that sprung from a toppled campaign sign and the dropped cellphone found near it. In her May 21 written ruling, Superior Court Judge Lisa Novak cited plaintiff John Woodell's "willful destruction"...