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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2012 38 Comments

Today there are caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota, and a non-delegate/non-binding election in Missouri in which Newt is not on the ballot. Can we all agree that caucuses stink and should be done away with? I’ll post some links as the day goes on, and...

The Nanny State Doesn’t Like Competition

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on September 07, 2011 20 Comments

From babysitters, that is. From the WSJ: [A proposed bill in California] would require parents to pay caregivers over the age of 18 minimum wage plus overtime, allow a 10-minute rest every four hours and a half-hour meal break after five hours, reports ABC News. The...

Walker Budget Gives School District Surplus, Reduces Class Sizes, Hires More Teachers

Posted by Matthew Knee on June 30, 2011 6 Comments

Althouse: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: Cost savings from worker contributions to health care and retirement, taking effect today as part of the new collective bargaining laws, will swing the Kaukauna School District from a $400,000 budget deficit to an estimated $1.5 million surplus…. The...

Commencement Season

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on May 24, 2011 5 Comments

Kathleen Commencement season is upon us, which means that insipid celebrities of all flavors will bestow their opinions upon a new generation of bright-eyed college grads. Notable was former President Bill Clinton. His prose at the NYU graduation read like so: “today’s business schools are...

NY Times Editors Endorse Mob Rule

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 18, 2011 20 Comments

Now this represents real change. After two years of using the pages of The NY Times to lash out at peaceful health care protesters and Tea Parties, the Board of Editors of The New York Times has decided that actual violence by unions in Wisconsin...

NAACP’s Double-Standard On Display at One Nation Rally

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2010 10 Comments

Ben Jealous, President of the NAACP, has launched a high-profile media and web campaign to demand that people in the Tea Party movement renounce racist “elements” in the movement. As I have posted before, Mr. Jealous took islolated, and in some cases planted, signs at...

The Cruel Ones

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2010 7 Comments

A California appeals court has upheld an Order by Gov. Arnold Schwarzennager temporarily cutting state employees back to the federal minimum wage since the California legislature has not passed a budget and is facing a $19 billion annual deficit. As reported in The San Francisco...

Despite Hamas Terror Attacks, Israel Undertook Massive Polio Vaccination Campaign In Gaza

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 21, 2024 22 Comments

IDF: "According to the @WHO, about 90% of the population in Gaza was vaccinated against polio in the first quarter of 2024."

Tim Walz’s Minnesota Economic Record is Depressing

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 13, 2024 5 Comments

Big government. Big spending. Big tax increases.

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California’s Budget Deficit Hits Record $68 Billion as Tax Revenue Falls

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 09, 2023 28 Comments

Blame "Bidenomics." California's economic downturn has been worse than expected.

New Salary Rules Jeopardize California’s Wildfire-Preventing Goat Herding Industry

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 06, 2023 29 Comments

Meanwhile, Allstate is withdrawing from California because of wildfires.

“A full-blown Color Revolution-style attack on the US Supreme Court as an institution is now in its early stages”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2023 63 Comments

A color revolution edging into a hot war on the conservative Justices.

Strike at Rutgers University Ends After a Deal is Reached

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 16, 2023 1 Comment

"The new deal will increase salaries for full-time faculty and New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund counselors by at least 14% by the summer of 2025"

Court: Barrington (RI) School Committee Liable For Attorney’s Fees Of Teachers Fired Over Covid Vax Mandate

Posted by Jane Coleman on October 09, 2022 10 Comments

A follow up to our prior coverage of the three Christian teachers fired after the district refused even to consider their requests for religious exemption. Court imposed a $500 fine for an open meetings violation and more significantly, the teacher's attorney's fees that could be $30,000.

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