by jpitney | May 26, 2024 | Civility, Polarization
Dalibor Rohac at AEI: Fast forward to Slovakia, May 15, 2024. The country’s pugilistic prime minister, Robert Fico, was shot by a 71-year old man who, in his words, “[disapproved] of the government’s policies.” The perpetrator, a retired supermarket security guard and...
by jpitney | May 25, 2024 | Higher Education, Israel, Middle East, Protest
Marc Novicoff and Robert Kelchen at The Washington Monthly; We at the Washington Monthly tried to get to the bottom of this question: Have pro-Palestinian protests taken place disproportionately at elite colleges, where few students come from lower-income families?...
by jpitney | May 24, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: Of the 138 measures with special rules so far in this Congress, as of May 22, 49 (37 percent) make unreported measures in order. That compares to 27 percent in the 109th Congress (2005-06); 25 percent in the 114th Congress (2015-16);...
by jpitney | May 23, 2024 | California Politics, Economic Policy, Housing
Andrew Khouri at LAT: Want a house in California? It’ll likely cost you over $900,000. The statewide median sales price for a previously owned single-family house surpassed $900,000 for the first time in April, a shocking figure that underscores just how unaffordable...
by jpitney | May 22, 2024 | California Politics, Internet, Journalism, Journalists
George Skelton at LAT: Advertising money to pay reporters’ salaries has been hemorrhaging for years. Roughly two-thirds of California journalists have lost their jobs in the last two decades. More than 100 Times newsroom staffers were laid off in January. To their...
