by jpitney | Aug 1, 2025 | Public Service
Melody Gutierrez at LAT: Across the country, antagonists and antigovernment “sovereign citizens” are flooding states and counties with liens like the ones Jarrett and others show how to file. In the claims, they often allege government officials owe them money or...
by jpitney | Jul 31, 2025 | Budget, Economic Policy, Trade
Jessica Riedl at WP: [E]conomists generally agree that trade wars harm long-term economic growth by limiting consumer options, raising costs, reducing investment capital and killing jobs in industries that suffer from foreign retaliation. This slowdown in the growth...
by jpitney | Jul 30, 2025 | Dreier, Philanthropy
Friends, family, and the community of Los Angeles are mourning the loss of philanthropist Wallis Annenberg. David Dreier, who was friends with Annenberg, described her as a selfless woman who was dedicated to helping others. He also said the LA area is a better place...
by jpitney | Jul 29, 2025 | Los Angeles, Philanthropy
James R. Hagerty at WSJ: Wallis Annenberg had her whole life to be rich but only the last 23 years to give away large amounts of her family’s fortune. She donated to hundreds of causes, some of them surprising, and relished her role as a benefactor. Annenberg, the...
by jpitney | Jul 28, 2025 | Debt, Economic Policy
Desmond Lachman at AEI: A key vulnerability of the United States is its high dependence on foreigners to finance its large budget deficits. One measure of this dependency is that foreigners own almost one-third of the $29 trillion of outstanding U.S. Treasury bonds....
by jpitney | Jul 27, 2025 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists
James Rainey at LAT: California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom jammed through a $322-billion budget last month. The biggest headline: Spending to provide healthcare for many undocumented immigrants went away. But there’s a nugget that you might have lost in the fine...
by jpitney | Jul 26, 2025 | Civil Rights, Disabilities
President George H.W. Bush on signing the Americans with Disabilities Act, 35 years ago today: Our success with this act proves that we are keeping faith with the spirit of our courageous forefathers who wrote in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these...
by jpitney | Jul 25, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
Justin Baragona at The Independent: The flood of high-profile editorial talent fleeing the Washington Post as the storied newspaper revamps its opinion section to focus exclusively on “personal liberties and free markets” continued to grow this week as Pulitzer...
by jpitney | Jul 24, 2025 | California Politics, Higher Education
Mikhail Zinshteyn at CalMatters: California State University says it’s short $2.3 billion, a staggering budget gap that’s grown sharply since the system first revealed two years ago that it didn’t have the money to properly educate its students. How the nation’s...
by jpitney | Jul 23, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives, Public Service, Violence
Jade Walker at CNN: The House of Representatives is increasing funding and resources for lawmakers to provide them with additional security options. The “pilot program,” which is meant to assist lawmakers returning to their districts for the five-week recess, was...
