As my home state of California entered the year 2020, its financial prospects appeared to be remarkably bright. On January 10th Governor Gavin Newsom submitted his 2020-21 State Budget proposal, projecting a surplus of $5.6 billion, and introducing it with the following representations.
Holland Taylor has devoted considerable time and craft in writing and performing her one-person show based on a modern American political icon. The mono-bio is titled “Ann” and is based on the life and times of former Texas governor Ann Richards.
Santiago (Oscar Isaac) has tried very hard to help a poverty stricken community in South America to improve their living conditions. With this in mind, he becomes a member of the local police force. The area’s ruling drug lord is their main target.
Washington and Jefferson were both slave owners. Eight sitting presidents owned slaves. The very first slave owner in the United States was black. Should any previous slave owner have their name, statue, school, park, streets, cities or any reference to them be removed from history?
During this pandemic period – with the duel illnesses of racism and COVID-19–I’ve been using the downtime to indulge in a homemade study of American history.
After 23 well-trained armies failed to conquer the Roman capital of Constantinople, what made the 12-year-old Mehmet II think he could achieve what these others had not?
Well, that was fun. Having a beard and long hair with curls took me back to my last semester at CSULB in 1970, although back then it was called Long Beach State College.
As the Op-Ed article states: “We’re seeing soaring unemployment, highly unstable financial markets and governments amassing debt at unprecedented rates.” It then asks a number of prominent economists to propose a single policy government officials can employ to make a difference.
