Opinion

As California’s Population Soars, Its Biodiversity Sinks By Leon KolankiewiczMarch 11, 2008 California is the “wildlife state.” It boasts more species than any other, as well as the greatest number of endemics, those species found nowhere else. This extraordinary biodiversity is already... Read More

Sunlight in the ShadowlandsActual background checks for illegal immigrants is pure fiction By Mark Cromer Those who bristle at the American people’s refusal to support yet another mass amnesty for illegal immigrants frequently cite the need to bring them into the sunshine... Read More

McCain’s DoublespeakHis ‘straight talk’ sounds better en español By Mark Cromer While Sen. John McCain is clearly more embittered than humbled by the crushing defeat that a furious American people dealt his mass amnesty plan last summer, the co-architect of the scheme... Read More

Keeping CNN HonestThe Most Trusted Name in News Plays the Race Card By Mark Cromer "Be honest about what you see, get out of the way and let the story reveal itself." –CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper As a journalist who has written about... Read More

Alien Nation: Illegal Immigration Could Result in Conversion of U.S. to a Hispanic Nation Fred Brokaski         Santa Barbara News-PressJanuary 27, 2008 In a letter to the editor, reader Charlene Snow asks the rhetorical question, "Have the Mexican/Spanish-speaking immigrants... Read More

Surging birthrates and immigration bode a grim futureBy Mark CromerThe population of the United States didn’t exactly rank among the top domestic news stories of 2007; lacking the high-intensity drama of the epic wildfires that ravaged the American west, the mortgage meltdown... Read More