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California: First in Liberalism, Last in Everything Else

By Troy Senik
Thursday, August 09 2012

If the United States were a high school, California would likely be the quarterback of the football team. Blessed as it is by geography, climate, culture and natural resources, it is a state that takes success as a given. And why not? How many other states can boast of an appeal so widespread that it gives birth to a notion as storied as “The California Dream”? Success, however, often breeds complacency, and that’s where the Golden State finds itself today. With decades of success earned with seemingly little effort, California seems to have decided that it can rest on its laurels.…

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