From the State Bar of California: > In a 128-page ruling, California State Bar Court Hearing Judge > Yvette D. Roland found licensee John Charles Eastman (SBN 193726) > ...
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Dan Walters at CalMatters: > Each tax, each appropriation and each regulatory action > > has a financial impact, thus motivating those affected to seek > favorable trea...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/the-cost-of-good-intentions-in.html
Many posts have discussed the role of religion in American life . Alex Fitzpatrick and Alice Feng at Axios: > Data: Household Pulse Survey > ; > Note: Adults who s...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/worship-attendance-in-states.html
From the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation: > A comprehensive new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce > Foundation reveals an alarming truth just three years shy of > ...
Many posts have discussed the role of religion in American life . Jeffrey M. Jones at Gallup: > As Americans observe Ramadan and prepare to celebrate Easter and > ...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/worship-attendance-is-low.html
A number of posts have discussed congressional capacity , legislative productivit y, and deliberation . Moira Warburton and Ally J. Levine at Reuters : > The U.S. Congress is...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/congress-neither-productive-nor.html
Madison in Federalist 55: > As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a > certain degree of circumspection and distrust, so there are other > qualities...
Tevi Troy at National Affairs : > From the moment they put their hand on the Bible to the moment their > successor does the same, presidents are inundated with difficul...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/why-platforms-matter.html
Many posts have discussed crime in the United States . Ken Dilanian at NBC: > New FBI data > > confirms previous indications that crime in the U.S. declined > signi...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/reported-violent-crime-is-down.html
Many posts have dealt with news media . Newspapers are struggling and online publications also have problems . Tom Jones at Poynter: > This is a stunning development in...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/gannett-and-mcclatchy-drop-ap.html
Many posts have discussed partisan polarization and aversive or negative partisanship . Utah Governor Spencer Cox was a hit at the Gridiron. He closed with more serious remarks: >�...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/cox-on-civility-bipartisanship-and-media.html
Many posts have discussed myths and misinformation -- especially about COVID and vaccines . Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu at Poynter : > COVID-19 vaccines were quickly developed...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/vaccine-misinformation.html
In 2017, Drew DeSilver reported at Pew: > In 2015, 32.7 million Americans > , > or one-in-ten, identified themselves as being of Irish ancestry > , making > it the second-la...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/declining-ranks-of-irish-americans.html
Many posts have discussed prosecutors . Jessica Levinson at MSNBC: > Appearances matter when it comes to members of our government, and > perhaps even more so when it ...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/prosecutors-and-appearances.html
Robbie Sequeira at Stateline: > Just 116 of the nearly 7,400 state legislators > > in the United States come from working-class > > backgrounds, according to > a > bi >�...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/working-class-lawmakers.html
Measles Vaccines and Misinformation in the Courts: A Snapshot From the KFF Health Misinformation Tracking Poll Audrey Kearney, Ashley Kirzinger, Shannon Schumacher, Isabelle Valdes, and Liz Hamel...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/myths-and-misinformation-about-measles.html
A number of posts have discussed congressional capacity . Despite large increases in federal spending and administrative rulemaking, Congress now has less capacity to oversee the exe...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/congressional-capacity.html
From the Public Religion Research Institute : > Throughout 2023, PRRI interviewed more than 22,000 adults as part of > its American Values Atlas, allowing for the ability ...
Josh Kovensky at TPM: > A secret, men-only right-wing society with members in influential > positions around the country is on a crusade: to recruit a Christian > governm...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/society-for-american-civic-renewal.html
Many posts have discussed partisan polarization . After a long effort, an Iowa legislator won approval of a bill to legalize the sale of raw milk. Marc Novicoff at Politico: > What c...
Many posts have discussed federal deficits and the federal debt . From CBO :
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/budget-infographic-fiscal-2023.html
Louis Jacobson at PolitiFact: > The biggest albatross for Biden’s economy is inflation > . > > > Year-over-year inflation peaked around 9% — a four-decade high —...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/perceptions-of-economy.html
Many posts have discussed economi c and educationa l inequality . The effects of inequality reach many corners of American life. There is a big divide between people with c...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/the-diploma-divide-in-wages.html
Many posts have discussed the problems of surveying public opinion in the 21st century. Andrew Mercer at al. at Pew: > Online opt-in polls have become increasingly po...
Many posts have discussed federal deficits and the federal debt . Mark J. Warshawsky at AEI: > Last week, the Treasury Department released, with no fanfare, the > massiv...
http://www.bessettepitney.net/2024/03/the-fiscal-future-is-not-bright.html