Booing Histrionics at the State of the Union Address
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address tonight which gives me an opportunity to express a pet peeve—the vociferous cheering and standing ovations versus the sitting on the hands of the rival political factions during these presidential speeches. I guess I have to admit to being old-fashioned or just old but I […]
Brown Falls Well Short in Discussing Education in State of the State Speech
In his final State of the State address, this is all Jerry Brown had to say about the state’s K-12 public education system, which serves six million children: “In education, after seeing 30,000 teachers laid off [as a result of the collapse in state revenues after the Great Financial Crisis], spending has dramatically recovered, increasing […]
Despite What You Read Feinstein Has No Primary Challenger
The New York Times, the Washington Post, Politico and much of the media is lying to you about Dianne Feinstein. She does not have, as these publications keep reporting, a “primary challenger.” She is not running in a Democratic primary. Neither is the Democrat running against her, Kevin De Leon. There is no Democratic primary […]
The Screwed Millennial Generation Gets Smart
It’s been seven years since I wrote about “the screwed generation.” The story told has since become familiar: Millennials, then largely in their twenties, faced a future of limited economic opportunity, lower incomes, and too few permanent, high-paying jobs; of soaring college debt and structural insecurity (PDF). The Census Bureau estimates that, even when working full-time, they earn $2000 less […]