The meaning of Veterans Day and the case of the Chinese prisoners of faith

By Chuck DeVore | 11/11/09

On February 22, 1983, I raised my right hand in the Los Angeles MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) and said, “I, Charles Stuart DeVore, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; That I will bear true faith And allegiance to the same…” With those words, I became United States Army Private First Class DeVore, joining... read more »

THESE are the times that try blogger’s souls

By Chuck DeVore | 10/30/09

THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. – Thomas Paine, The Crisis, December... read more »

Thoughts on California's Inmate Release and Sentencing Commission Proposal

By Chuck DeVore | 08/21/09

That California has had budget difficulties for years is well known. The growth of government spending in California has rapidly outstripped taxes, now among the highest in the nation. One rapidly growing part of our budget has been the state prison system, now accounting for about 11 percent of the state General Fund budget. There are many reasons for this high cost. Liberals often blame the three strikes law and tough sentencing laws... read more »

"The Stoning of Soraya M" is a Solemn Duty

By Chuck DeVore | 06/25/09

Cyrus Nowrasteh’s “The Stoning of Soraya M.” is a grim and solemn duty.  This is no popcorn flick, to be viewed and forgotten.  It stays with you, like your conscience telling you to do the right thing, the difficult thing.   Set in 1986 Iran - the Islamic Republic of Iran - Stoning is a gut-wrenching film with haunting music.  Nowrasteh’s movie, set to open June 26, is based on a book about the... read more »

California Lawmakers Target Child Actors

By Chuck DeVore | 06/04/09

With California swimming in $24 billion of red ink, many of the peoples’ elected representatives are seeking to raise scores of fees and taxes to close the gap. So, after voting to raise the highest income tax in America even higher, the highest state sales tax rate in America even higher, almost doubling the car tax, and cutting the child tax credit by $200, Sacramento Democrats now want to charge children $100 a year to work in... read more »

California Voters on Prop. 1A: Very Uncool

By Chuck DeVore | 05/21/09

California lawmakers are struggling to spin the results of the May 19 special election, fearful of the possibility that the voters may have just fired the first shot of the next great tax revolt. I was on NPR with Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) the day after the election as he labored to claim that the Tuesday vote was all about frustrated voters, worried about their jobs who simply want the legislature to do its... read more »

California moves to ban TV (but not for a good reason - that there's nothing decent to watch)

By Chuck DeVore | 03/27/09

It should come as no surprise that in 2009, an era when the L.A. Basin’s air quality bureaucracy, the SCAQMD, wants to ban dark cars because they need more air conditioning in the summer, that the California Energy Commissariate is drafting an order to outlaw TVs.  Why is the California Energy Commission (CEC), a Gov. Jerry Brown creation, wanting to ban television sets? Well, it seems that a 48-inch plasma screen, that bright symbol of the... read more »

DeVore Wins a "Shorty Award" from Twitter, Scores WSJ front page

By Chuck DeVore | 02/04/09

Chuck DeVore's United States Senate Campaign Wins a "Shorty Award" for Best Political Use of TwitterThe Wall Street Journal Gives Chuck DeVore Front Page Treatment for His Innovative Use of Social MediaIrvine, Calif., February 4, 2009 - California State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore's campaign for United States Senate announced today that the campaign won a "Shorty Award" for the best producer of political content on Twitter in 2008.  ... read more »

DeVore for California -- 2 lampoons: Geithner and Stimulus

By Chuck DeVore | 02/04/09

California State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore's campaign for U.S. Senate in 2010 rolled out two lampoons in the past week.  His "New Obama Tax Calculator" takes on the new administration's willingness to overlook his nominee's "patriotic" non-payment of taxes: www.chuckdevore.com/taxes while a new YouTube ad humorously takes on the mother of all pork barrel bills now in the U.S. Senate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ras0O22OqNs.  The... read more »

A handy-dandy Obama tax calculator for Geithner and for everyone else

By Chuck DeVore | 01/27/09

National Review Online ran a link to this new Obama tax calculator at http://www.chuckdevore.com/taxes read more »