SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s no surprise that the union-allied Biden administration is using the federal Department of Labor to tip the scales on behalf of labor unions. I recently reported for The American Spectator on a new regulatory proposal that attempts to…
The staff of a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, walked out of their store on Wednesday after worker Sam Amato was fired on Aug. 5, a decision the workers believe was motivated by Amato’s push to unionize the Buffalo store….
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a normal state, policymakers who are facing a crisis (let alone myriad crises) would at least have the wisdom not to purposefully try to make things worse. Here in California, not so much. Gov. Gavin Newsom…
“Why haven’t they told you about Gene Debs and the ideas that he fought for?” a documentary produced by Bernie Sanders asked viewers in 1979. Debs fought to keep people with darker skin color from joining his union. Why did…
Sacramento The rule of thumb with progressives and California’s robust initiative, referendum, and recall process is that they’re in favor of giving the people the power to control their government — provided they vote the way progressives would like. When…
After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s announcement that individuals fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not need to wear masks in most public places, almost all jurisdictions that had not already lifted laws or emergency orders requiring masks did…
If you’re a politician peddling big new government programs for which there is little need but hefty price tags, you need a clever marketing strategy. At the least, your sales pitch could use a decent soundbite. Such marketing is what…
Unions may have gotten a lot more than they bargained for when the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled against them in April. This spring, the West Virginia high court upheld the state’s right-to-work law. That part of the ruling was…
These days the Right and Left look at jurisprudence differently. They have different views of what judges are for and how they should perform their duties. Consider the question of how the Supreme Court should decide a constitutional question. Generally…