If you are noticing that San Jose City Council Zoom meetings have exhibited a decreasing level of fair-minded and polite discourse, you are not alone. The 9.15 meeting featured a surprising rant (below) and we offer up Barack Obama's call for a more civil discourse as a counterpoint.

Many Californians wonder why taxes go up and services go down. The state suffers the same problems time and time again, yet does anything ever change? Victor Davis Hanson writes mournfully for the National Review.

Local and statewide Jewish groups banded together last month and wrote Governor Gavin Newsom a letter, asking him to veto a bill that would make ethnic studies a requirement in high school. He didn't. Evan V. Symon for the California Globe explores the issue.

The vandalism and arson associated with some of San Jose's recent demonstrations resembles similar activities in other cities around the country. The Washington Free Beacon reports.

California is home to some of the nation’s highest taxes. It may get even worse, as cities find a way to get around the 66% tax increase threshold. Richard Colman from California Political Review explores.

The debate continues in San Jose as to when the city should enforce laws against crimes committed during protests. Former SJ councilperson and policeman Pete Constant weighs in.

Media expert and journalist Mark Lisheron takes a close look at the Merc's coverage of San Jose's demonstrations--and responses to them--and finds that a lot of important questions have gone unasked.

Noted legal scholar Tony Francois is a Senior Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation and longtime Californian. In this exclusive interview with Opportunity Now, he examines the juridical issues around vandalizing the mayor's house, not enforcing curfew citations, and managing escalating violence.

One of the key tactics of the Critical Social Justice and Race Theories movement is a type of "re-education," in which privileged groups are trained to see their inherent and systemic racism, classism, etc. so they will behave better and more justly in the future. While these programs are widespread, do they effect any change? Stephen Johnson explores in BigThink.

Many local residents were astounded by the outpouring of support for the vandalization of Mayor Liccardo's home on social media, and the limited, tepid nature of the support for the Mayor from local leaders. Steven Greenhut opines in Reason magazine why looting is a classic form of injustice.

Taking the 22 bus or CalTrain used to be a simple, safe choice. But coronavirus has hammered mass transit ridership and put trillions of investment at risk. Karen Philbrick reports for Fox and Hounds.