In Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, a small garbage chute used for censorship was referenced as a “memory hole.” That phrase has been used ever since
Berkeley Unified School District has created a reparations task force. Yes, a school district that never enslaved people inside a state where slavery was never
The horrors of socialism shouldn’t be difficult to condemn. Earlier this month, in fact, a resolution doing just that passed overwhelmingly with 328 votes by
Famous economist Milton Friedman once said: “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” Let’s
In December 2021, 20-year-old Kade Webb died in a Safeway bathroom after ordering Percocet on Snapchat. What he got instead was spiked with a lethal
While the new California legislative session won’t start until January, legislators met very briefly in response to Gov. Newsom’s call to convene a special session
I’m trying to figure out how to contextualize a billion dollars. For example, a million dollars in $100 bills would fit inside a medium-sized briefcase.
Yesterday, the average gas price in the U.S. was $3.79. In California, it was $6.37. Residents throughout our state are paying an average of $2.58
California adopted the “top-two” election system over a decade ago. It is a failed experiment that has led to partisan gamesmanship. Quick background. California used
I agree with Gov. Newsom about …. Whoa. That felt weird to type. Let’s try that again. (I kid. I can find reasons to agree
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