by jpitney | Sep 9, 2024 | Public Service, Supreme Court, Violence
Justin Jouvenal at WP: Asked Friday about the challenges of being a Supreme Court justice and a parent of seven children, Amy Coney Barrett told an audience about a time she was sent home from the court with a bulletproof vest and her 13-year-old son saw it tossed on...
by jpitney | Sep 8, 2024 | Claremont McKenna College, Free Speech, Higher Education
Jacob Smagula at the Claremont Independent: On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna College leapt from 73rd to sixth place in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s newest College Free Speech Rankings. CMC had previously placed sixth in 2022, and first in 2021....
by jpitney | Sep 6, 2024 | California Politics, Education
John Fensterwald at EdSource: States’ websites that annually report the scores on standardized tests and other valuable data, like chronic absenteeism, could provide a reality check by clearly and easily displaying performance results over time. However,...
by jpitney | Sep 5, 2024 | Foreign Policy, Russia, Social Media, Uncategorized
Influence Operation Relied on Influencers, AI-Generated Content, Paid Social Media Advertisements, and Social Media Accounts to Drive Internet Traffic to Cybersquatted and Other Domains Note: View the affidavit here. The Justice Department today announced the ongoing...
by jpitney | Sep 4, 2024 | Business, California Politics, Local Government
From Kosmont-Rose Institute 2024 Cost of Doing Business Survey: Our analysis indicates that cities in Los Angeles County are collectively more expensive places to do business than cities in other parts of the region and also more expensive than the top destination...