Author: Leslie Eastman

I am often asked why I remain a registered Democrat, despite my decidedly fiscal-sanity oriented independent streak. In part, it is how I can effectively fight the "left-right" political paradigm that is being used by the elite media and politicos to divide us, in order to...

I am still shocked by the Speaker of the House John Boehner's shock that President Obama said, "We don't have a spending problem." That Obama is using the debt as a weapon of mass destruction cannot be a surprise to anyone who has followed news of...

College Insurrection regularly reports on courses in which aspects of American history are altered to promote a progressive agenda. However, this distortion is not confined to the history of our coutry. One Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) substitute teacher, who has a degree in history and...

It seems my first prediction of the year came true:  There won’t be any massive “Tea Party” rallies. Instead...

Astute Legal Insurrection readers remarked that much of the "climate change" dialog in this country seems to be directed at getting citizens to support United Nation's Agenda 21. I wanted to offer some insights on this theoretically voluntary action plan that has environmentally protective sustainable development...

The public tends to trust "experts" when it comes to considering science-based policies. Sadly, some of the experts have a specific agenda  to promote that is counter to reality.  A good example is Mark Lynas, a British environmentalist who was a leading force in the movement...

I recently shared some dialog between San Diego citizen activists regarding the roles of social and fiscal conservatism in deciding "tea party" agenda items. Author and "Manosphere" pundit Aaron Clarey (Captain Capitalism) recently offered his very independent perspective, Why Communism Killed the American Muse.  It highlights the...

I don't normally prowl the threads of Democratic Underground, but was interested to read comments regarding one of their complaints about an increase in social security withholding tax after Rush Limbaugh remarked on it today. Surprise! The author self-deleted the comment. I guess being featured on Limbaugh's...

A little over two years ago, the newly-minted Speaker of the House John Boehner essentially said that Tea Party freshman would soon have an “adult moment,” when their principles came in to contact with Beltway politics. Dawn Wildman is a state coordinator for the California Tea...

A year ago, sixteen scientists wrote an editorial for the Wall Street Journal to explain that there is “no compelling scientific argument” for “drastic actions on global warming", despite the fact that the media continues reporting there is "incontrovertible" proof otherwise. One of those scientists is...

One of the best aspects about the SoCal Tax Revolt Coalition is that we are a true mixture of Republicans, Libertarians, Independent Conservatives...

Happy New Year! While I like to look at the past, seeing into the future can be fun (despite the fact I truly struck out prediction-wise this November).  Humbled, and a lot less hopeful, I offer my predictions for 2013. 1) John Boehner remains as the Speaker...

As 2012 closes, I have been pondering making a New Year's resolution from a Tea Party perspective. After such disappointing results in the November election, and the fact that Californians approved just about every tax and spend measure on the 2012 ballot, it can be very...