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One Ballot Measure Extends California's Taxing Power. Another Limits It. Stay Tuned. Jun 08, 2026

Californians will face two competing tax measures this November. The first is the Billionaire Tax Act, a onetime, 5% levy on the accumulated net worth of the state's richest residents. Lesser known is the Retirement and Personal Savings Protection Ac... Read More

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Noting, Not Urging Jun 08, 2026

On Twitter, I noted that a lot of actual, practicing Christians, not people who call themselves Christians, will stop voting if both parties keep nominating moral cretins insisting that people of faith choose between the lesser of two evils. It is st... Read More

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Digging to China Jun 05, 2026

My ancestors, and by that I mean one or two generations ago, intersected with Chinese culture in three ways. One was Chinese food. One was the Chinese laundry. The last was fireworks. My father was a tenement kid in a Massachusetts cotton mill city, ... Read More

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King Trump and the Looming MAGA Challenge Jun 05, 2026

Donald Trump is the undisputed king of the Republican Party. Earlier this month, Trump exacted revenge on Indiana state senators who had opposed his call to redistrict the Hoosier State; his endorsees won a majority of races against incumbents. Last ... Read More