Tony Platt quoted in The Sacramento Bee, September 22, 2015
“Even by the standards of the day Serra was more of a religious fanatic, and these missions were basically forced labor camps,” said Tony Platt. … “The canonization is an insult to native people and an insult to all of us in California, because Serra stands symbolically for the worst moments in the origins of this state,” he said.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, September 22, 2015
Higher valuations create higher expectations, and failure to meet them can set off a downward spiral and a forced sale. In that event, the venture capitalists are paid first, leaving “unicorpses” in their wake and the founders with nothing.
James Dempsey quoted in Los Angeles Times, Sept. 22, 2015
“Nobody thinks current practices represent adequate privacy protection for consumers,” said James Dempsey. … “Privacy policies are written to provide companies with maximum discretion about how they will use customer information.”
Christopher Edley interviewed by EdSource, Sept. 22, 2015
“I am a huge supporter of Common Core. But I have not seen concerted attention to the schools and teachers serving poor kids to make sure they get the extra resources they need to implement the Common Core as effectively as it will be in affluent districts.”
Deirdre Mulligan quoted in The Daily Californian, Sept. 21, 2015
“It’s instrumentally important that universities be a part of a conversation,” said Deirdre Mulligan. … “It’s very useful for the university to be transparent.”
Anne Joseph O’Connell quoted in The Washington Post, September 20, 2015
“Democrats in the White House face more pressure on ‘demographic’ staffing because many groups who want to see leaders like them worked hard to elect the president,” she said.
Stephen Rosenbaum quoted in San Jose Mercury News, September 17, 2015
“This is something that should never have gone to court, in my view,” said Rosenbaum. … “The plaintiffs make it out to be that there’s a monster at large in the neighborhood, but I know from the standpoint both as an attorney and as a parent myself of a young man who had a disability that there may be things that are the perception by the rest of the community that can be at odds with reality.”
Alan Auerbach quoted on MSNBC.com, September 16, 2015
“At the end of the day, Reagan had very strong views on issues like tax cuts and military build-up, but on the other hand he was willing to make deals,” Auerbach said. “As much as Reagan criticized the policies of his predecessor and criticized the policies of Democrats, he wasn’t going to shut the government down.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, September 15, 2015
This case truly highlights the outdated nature of workers’ laws in America, not just around what it means to work for someone, but also what benefits and protections American workers need whether they are a contractor, employee or provider of services.
Elisabeth Semel quoted in The New Yorker, September 14, 2015
Elisabeth Semel, the Berkeley professor, notes that, with a death-qualified jury, “you are starting out with a jury that is conviction-prone and death-prone, because if they weren’t they wouldn’t be sitting there.”