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^{Debra J. Saunders
September 19, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Recall Fails: What’s Next for California?

_{Debra J. Saunders
September 19, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

In overwhelmingly rejecting the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom, California voters chose to remain a one-party state, where progressive Democrats write bad laws and bureaucrats enforce them. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
July 25, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Want to Solve Homelessness? Call a Cop

_{Debra J. Saunders
July 25, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

“We can end homelessness in the State of California,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Monday. It’s a goal Newsom shares with President Joe Biden, despite Democrats’ inability to curb homelessness by throwing money at it. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
July 4, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

California Targets Free Speech and Charities

_{Debra J. Saunders
July 4, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

After the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling Thursday that invalidated California’s practice of demanding that charities disclose their largest donors to the state attorney general, lawyer Casey Mattox of the conservative Americans for Prosperity Foundation marveled at the coalition that came together to fight the machine. Read More ›

justice lawyer / judge gavel working with legal documents in a court room

^{Debra J. Saunders
June 13, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Gov. Newsom, Kevin Cooper Is Guilty

_{Debra J. Saunders
June 13, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Kevin Cooper used to tell reporters that he wanted DNA testing, which didn’t exist when he went to trial, to prove that he was not guilty of the four 1983 murders that put him on California’s death row. If the tests implicated him, he said, he would drop his appeals. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
March 27, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Do Greens Want the World to Be Like the ‘Blackout State?’

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 27, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Electricity is essential to modernity. Prosperity depends on it. So does longevity and health. If you doubt that, ask those in impoverished nations who still don’t have access to reliable electrical power! Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 11, 2021
Economics}

Revenge of the Gods

_{Christopher Rufo
March 11, 2021
Economics}

Next week, the California Department of Education will vote on a new statewide ethnic studies curriculum that advocates for the “decolonization” of American society and elevates Aztec religious symbolism—all in the service of a left-wing political ideology. Read More ›

Disappointed lonely kid wearing mask for protection of corona virus spread on a closed empty park

^{Keri D. Ingraham
September 19, 2020}

Coronavirus Deadly Effect on K-12 Student Learning — Not Student Health

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 19, 2020}

Should the overwhelming majority of public schools across the nation remain closed when COVID-19 has been implicated in very few deaths of students? Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 19, 2018
Economics}

Dear Washington State: Don’t Follow California’s Tax Model

_{Christopher Rufo
March 19, 2018
Economics}

I’m one of more than 125,000 people who have moved from California to Washington State in the past three years. Like many of these people, I came to Washington State for its dynamic economy, lower taxes, cheaper cost of living, and the chance to make a better life for my family. I was born and raised in California, but over the past decade started to feel trapped—I saw half of my paycheck disappear in taxes, couldn’t afford a decent house, and worried that I would never make my way up the economic ladder. Read More ›

California state of United States flag waving on the top sunrise mist fog

^{Wesley J. Smith
February 17, 2017
Citizen Leadership, Human Exceptionalism}

Goodbye California: A Lament

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 17, 2017
Citizen Leadership, Human Exceptionalism}

I was born at the French Hospital, City of Los Angeles, State of California, in 1949. As of this writing, I have never been outside my native state for more than three weeks. That’s about to change. Last week, I moved from California to the Washington, D.C. area after my wife accepted a journalism job there. The situation should last Read More ›

^{Andrew McDiarmid
March 5, 2012
Intelligent Design}

Trial to Begin in Intelligent Design Discrimination Lawsuit against NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 5, 2012
Intelligent Design}

March 5, Los Angeles –Trial begins this week in a lawsuit over whether NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) unlawfully discriminated against an employee for discussing the scientific theory of intelligent design (ID) at work. The jury trial is set to begin Wednesday, March 7. David Coppedge, a 14-year JPL veteran and team lead computer administrator on the Cassini Mission to Read More ›