There have been hints going back more than a year that some on the left are thinking now would be a good time for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire. Karen wrote about it back in February. I wrote about in early March when Josh Barro pointed out that this year may be her best chance […]
Well, color me surprised. The Left finally has begun to shout “Shame on you, Joe Biden!” and “Blood on your hands!” nearly three years after he abandoned 14,000 Americans in Afghanistan and got routed out of Kabul while losing 13 service members. Or perhaps this referred to the way Biden took credit for a hostage […]
As a settler in seventeenth-century New England and as a female poet, Anne Bradstreet was a trailblazer. A progressive female poet, she also took delight in her role as wife and mother, while remaining committed to her conservative Puritan theology and beliefs. Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672) was a pioneer in two ways: She was a pioneering […]
Pamela Price is the progressive DA of Alameda County, home to the city of Oakland. If you’re a regular reader then you already know that crime is way up in Oakland and both residents and businesses are sick of it: Robberies grew 38% last year in Oakland, according to police data. Burglaries increased 23%. Motor […]
Is San Francisco still a progressive place? According the San Francisco Chronicle the answer after last night’s election is no. And the SF Standard has come to the same conclusion: Famously liberal San Francisco appeared to lurch to the right Tuesday, or at least move closer to the center, as frustrated voters approved two key […]
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) left the House Progressive Caucus. He is the second Democrat to leave the caucus in recent months. Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) left the caucus in November 2023. Torres represents New York’s 15th congressional district. The district covers most of the South Bronx. It is one of the smallest districts by area […]
One of the fundamental jobs of local government is public safety. Usually that means funding a police force that is capable of dealing with whatever crime a city is facing. But progressive city supervisors in San Francisco, many of whom were fans of defunding the police just a few years ago, are now putting forward […]
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