Annie Lennox, Graham Nash and Jackson Browne are among the artists who’ve signed an open letter published in the Los Angeles Times that uses the Oscar-nominated film Oppenheimer to remind…
LA Times columnist Mark Barabak comments on the victory last night of Adam Schiff in the primary race for US Senate in California: By choosing Schiff, a Burbank congressman who was the most moderate of the major Democratic candidates — and thus most Feinstein-like — [voters] rejected the leftward swerve promised by two more liberal ...continue reading "Adam Schiff won because he fought Donald Trump"
Today brings yet more handiwork from a Texas judge: U.S. District Court Judge Mark T. Pittman ruled that the Minority Business Development Agency’s presumption that businesses owned by Blacks, Latinos and other minorities are inherently disadvantaged violated the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. He permanently enjoined the agency’s business centers, which have assisted minority-owned businesses ...continue reading "Texas judge kills minority business agency"
There wasn't much change on the hiring front in January: Hires continue to decline and are now at about their 2019 level. And just for laughs, here are the winners and losers in January compared to December:
Missouri is gearing up to issue a second round of cannabis microbusiness licenses which will be awarded after a random lottery-style drawing this summer.
The gracious leeway of the Terry stop — as set down by the Supreme Court’s 1968 decision — gave a lot a law enforcement agencies a permission slip for suspicionless stops of pedestrians. Random people got braced, patted down, aggressively questioned, and otherwise hassled. Very few arrests followed. Very little contraband was discovered. But it […]
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Fans of The Doobie Brothers can look forward to some new music soon.In an interview with Billboard, co-founders Patrick Simmons and Tom Johnston reveal they're finishing up a new album that…