by jpitney | Jan 7, 2026 | California Politics, Insurance, Los Angeles
Levi Sumagaysay at CalMatters: A year after the deadly Los Angeles County fires, California’s property insurance market remains problematic; survivors are suing insurers over delayed or denied claims; and most of the state’s policyholders are likely to see their...
by jpitney | Jan 6, 2026 | Civil Rights, Crime, Higher Education
At National Affairs, Jon Shields and Stephanie Muravchik examine college syllabi on the “Open Syllabus” (OS) database. Few issues have vexed American politics more than the question of whether — and to what extent — the criminal-justice system is biased...
by jpitney | Jan 6, 2026 | California Politics, Economic Policy
Vince Ybarra at KFSN-TV: A new U-Haul report suggests the California exodus is still happening despite an increase in population. For people looking to move, California is not a desired location, according to data collected by U-Haul. The moving company compiled more...
by jpitney | Jan 5, 2026 | Polarization, Public Opinion
Arthur Brooks at The Atlantic: Achieving ideological diversity in the workplace is especially tricky because, in aggregate, people’s resistance to accepting political differences is growing. According to the polling firm YouGov, back in 2016, only 10 percent of both...
by jpitney | Jan 4, 2026 | Free Speech, Higher Education
Greg Lukianoff at The Dispatch: For most of my career, the biggest threat to free speech on campus came from inside higher education: the on-campus left (students, yes, but more importantly administrators) using the power of investigation and discipline to punish...
