Unions punish Mahan

In which Mahan's even modest pushback on labor's financial demands prompts bigtime counterpunch in gov. race.

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The thin line between propaganda and biased political journalism

Our Cristabel Cruz takes a (not very fond) look back at media coverage of the CA 2026 primary, and finds more horses than candidates. She explains why. An Opp Now Exclusive.

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☆ Surviving the post-election spin-o-rama

We ask some psychoanalysts to provide tips to local politicians on how to be a good winner and a good loser.

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☆ Fiscal experts say: Local pols should champion fossil fuels, not iffy alternatives

Maybe the way to make San Jose more affordable isn’t by demonizing gas appliances, single-family homes, and urban sprawl—say CFR’s Pat Waite and SVGOP’s David G. Johnson. Perhaps local elected officials should reconsider what’s proven effective and reasonable, not environmentally virtue-signal at the expense of (our) cost of living. An Opp Now exclusive.

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Why the feds were right to pull the plug on HSR

And why SJ City Council's stubborn refusal to withdraw support for the preposterous boondoggle is deeply, deeply misguided. Nat'l Review opines.

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British workplaces are losing viewpoint diversity

A dive into the data reveals a Progressive Activism monoculture is taking over journalistic--and other--job centres in the U.K. Ethical Systems explores.

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Japan’s press freedom questioned, criticized

Claims of Japanese government pressure and manipulation of journalism persist, as the media's dependency on access journalism and business interests have contributed to self-censorship and poor coverage of crucial public issues. David A McNeill of the University of the Sacred Heart explains in East Asia Forum. 

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☆ How mainstream journalism squandered its authority

If objectivity is a bourgeois notion, if language is just power all the way down, if feeling trump facts--it shouldn't be any surprise that newsrooms on board with these notions simply pump out biased pandering. The Niskansen Institute explores the nexus of bad newspapers and postmodern philosophy. An Opp Now Exclusive.

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In which rejecting far-left shibboleths works

SF's Mayor Lurie scores a big media win on ABC's This Week, as he distances himself from SF's extremist, left-wing past. ABC News summarizes.

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☆ Can't buy me votes

Lance Christensen, Vice President of the CA Policy Center, offers his perspective on the strategic decisions that influenced the arc of Mayor Mahan's gubernatorial run. An exclusive Opp Now Q&A.

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☆ Op-ed: the real cost of California’s mileage-tax “study”

AB 1421 is not a harmless technical exercise. It is an early-stage blueprint for a per-mile tax regime that could materially raise costs for California drivers, without any guarantee of better roads, or improved mobility. So says Los Altos Institution’s policy prodigy Athan Joshi in an Opportunity Now exclusive op-ed.

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Hayek: So-called emergencies are the pretexts by which The State takes away fundamental liberties.

With California gubernatorial candidates waving the Emergency Flag to justify even more overweening state control (lookin' at you Xavier), it's good to remember that Friedrich Hayak, Opp Now's Guiding Light, saw through the gamesmanship nearly a century ago. From the Orange County Register. 

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