by jpitney | May 19, 2025 | California Politics, Housing
Andrew J. Campa at LAT: California defines income levels by how they compare with the area’s median income. In areas with unusually low or high housing costs, however, those definitions are often tweaked to reflect the reality for area residents. That allows for the...
by jpitney | May 18, 2025 | Civility, Higher Education, Uncategorized
Sarah D. Sparks at Education Week: Amid increasingly divisive public discourse, civility has become a sought-after skill for colleges and universities struggling to maintain a rich set of viewpoints on campus, and for employers trying to build diverse workplaces. Now,...
by jpitney | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Jonah Goldberg at The Dispatch: I’m happy to concede that our problems have many causes. Still, my answer to the question, “What is one thing you would do to solve—or just improve—American politics and America’s mounting list of crises?” My answer would be,...
by jpitney | May 16, 2025 | Civility
Michael M. Grynbaum at WP: As a young producer at CNN in the 1990s, Sam Feist spent countless hours working on “Crossfire,” one of the first cable news shows to pit partisan pundits against one another. At lunch one day, the co-host Michael Kinsley mused about an...
by jpitney | May 15, 2025 | California Politics, Transportation
Scott Lincicome at The Dispatch: On the leaderboard of government boondoggles, California’s high-speed rail system must surely rank near the top. As Cato Institute analyst Marc Joffe documented in 2023, California voters first approved a $10 billion bond for the...
