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Bakersfield College History Professor Sues CA Community Colleges over DEIA Teaching Mandates

August 10, 2023 11:04 amAugust 10, 2023 11:05 am

Diversity equity and inclusion can be a remarkably exclusionary philosophy that leaves no room for dissent from its often tyrannical dictates. As the California Globe reported last month, a woman is suing the corporate behemoth Compass USA, Inc. because they...

California Lawmakers Gut Good Bill, Replace with Horrible Bill

June 22, 2023 7:06 amJune 22, 2023 12:38 pm

Earlier this week, Assembly Bill 1352 by Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) on individualized county childcare subsidy plans was gutted. Berman’s bill had already gone through a few committees, and was voted on by the full Assembly without a single...

Advocacy For a ‘National Divorce’ Heats Up Again

March 6, 2023 2:24 amMarch 6, 2023 11:00 pm

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is no shrinking wallflower. Elected in 2020 as a MAGA Republican, she has been an outspoke conspiracy advocate and a lightening rod for controversy. It is doubtful she has ever been accused of holding...

Could Gov. Reagan Have Foreseen the CARB Never-Ending, Monomaniacal Quest?

February 27, 2023 2:45 amFebruary 27, 2023 2:46 am

In 1967, then-Governor Ronald Reagan signed the legislation that created the California Air Resources Board, known as “CARB.” One of CARB’s tasks was, as the name implies, to assist in reducing the terrible smog that plagued Los Angeles and, buoyed...

El Dorado County Board of Supervisors Should Ditch ‘Implicit Bias’ Training

February 24, 2023 9:09 amFebruary 25, 2023 9:44 am

“There is nothing onerous or frightening about implicit bias training,” the Sacramento Bee editorial board claims, critical of the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors for considering doing away with mandatory implicit bias training for all board appointees. The board voted...

University of California Retreats from Unlawful Diversity Statement Mandates

June 23, 2022 2:14 pmJune 23, 2022 2:35 pm

In 2015 the University of California enacted a seemingly innocuous policy which said, “faculty achievement that promote equal opportunity and diversity should be given due recognition in the academic personnel process.” But this modest mandate for recognizing contributions to diversity...

LA Superior Court Judge Rules Against California Gender-Based Corporate Board Quota Law

May 16, 2022 4:04 pm

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis ruled late last week that a California law that required a minimum number of women to be on corporate boards in California was unconstitutional, as it violated the right o equal treatment. The...