Dec. 25, 2012 By Chris Reed Merry Christmas, everyone! The autumn issue of City Journal has a wonderful piece by Michael Anton on how Tom Wolfe’s 1960s sprawling, funny, rule-breaking essays about California defined the Golden State for the rest of America and eventually the world. “Wo...
Posts Tagged ‘City Journal’Remembering when — and why — California inspired the worldTuesday, December 25th, 2012Inside the mind of a bureaucratFriday, August 10th, 2012Steven Greenhut: In my column for City Journal, I provide insight into how the likes of Treasurer Bill Lockyer think. Lockyer's basic response to pension reformers: We should get over our pension envy and pay more in taxes. Said Lockyer in a speech last year: “And in my view, nothing is more impor... Cupcakes Upset Berkeley Diversity CrowdThursday, September 29th, 2011Editor's note: The following first appeared in City Journal. SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 By HEATHER MAC DONALD Tuesday’s now infamous affirmative-action bake sale at the University of California at Berkeley is unlikely to dissuade Gov. Jerry Brown from signing a bill that would reintroduce r... ‘How do you take politics out of politics?’Monday, August 15th, 2011This article first ran in City Journal California. California’s redistricting commission draws slanted lines on the political map. By STEVEN GREENHUT An investigation last month by CalWatchDog.com, which I edit, revealed that at least one of the 14 commissioners in charge of drawing new distric... When heroes become bureaucratsTuesday, July 26th, 2011JULY 26, 2011 This article first appeared in City Journal. By STEVEN GREENHUT On Memorial Day, a suicidal man waded into San Francisco Bay outside the city of Alameda and stood there for about an hour, neck-deep in chilly water, as about 75 bystanders watched. Local police and firefighters ... Court Helps Kids in Bad SchoolsFriday, March 25th, 2011 John Seiler: Here's part of a new article in the City Journal by Larry Sand of the California Teacher Empowerment Network. Given California's poor performance -- 49th of 50 states on national tests -- something has to be done. ------------------------------ LARRY SAND One Small Strike Aga... |