Michael Hiltzik

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Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author. Read my latest book "Iron Empires" and my blog at http://latimes.com/hiltzik. Email: [email protected]. Check out my books at michaelhiltzik.com--coming soon: "Golden State," my new history of California.
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Michael HiltzikMar 28, 2023
Hiltzik: States find that their own laws protect abortion - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-03-28/state-laws-that-were-passed-to-fight-obamacare-are-now-being-used-to-fight-abortion-bans
Hiltzik: States find that their own laws protect abortion

Seeking to neuter Obamacare, right-wing state legislatures passed laws protecting the right to choose healthcare. Now they're being used to guarantee the right to abortion.

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Michael HiltzikMar 7, 2023
Hiltzik: Business campaigns to keep Gigi Sohn off the FCC - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-05-19/gigi-sohn-biden-federal-communications-commission
Hiltzik: Business campaigns to keep Gigi Sohn off the FCC

The telecom industry is using lies to keep a good regulator off the FCC.

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Michael HiltzikMar 1, 2023
Hiltzik: Can anything rein in CEO pay? - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-03-01/while-workers-struggled-during-the-pandemic-ceos-raked-in-more-money
Hiltzik: Can anything rein in CEO pay?

Despite pandemic closures and more shareholder votes against their pay, CEO compensation keeps soaring. But there are signs the backlash is working.

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Michael HiltzikFeb 24, 2023
Hiltzik: My latest column, on mask mandates, the right wing, and another dumb piece by Bret Stephens - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-24/covid-deniers-celebrate-a-study-that-claims-mask-mandates-dont-work-but-the-study-says-the-opposite
Hiltzik: Mask mandates and the right wing

Bret Stephens and other conservatives are hawking a new study that supposedly says mask mandates are useless. Anyone who actually reads it will draw the opposite conclusion.

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Michael HiltzikFeb 19, 2023
Hiltzik: The overlooked racist past of Earl Warren - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-10-29/earl-warren-racist-record
Hiltzik: The overlooked racist past of Earl Warren

The dark side of Earl Warren's past is his advocacy of Japanese incarceration during World War II.

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Michael HiltzikFeb 17, 2023
Hiltzik: Regulators act to annihilate the crypto scam - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-17/the-government-crackdown-on-crypto-is-well-underway-get-out-while-you-can
Hiltzik: Regulators act to annihilate the crypto scam

Government agencies are moving to crush crypto as a hive of 'fraud and scams.' Congress should stay out of their way, and investors should take note.

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Michael HiltzikFeb 12, 2023
Hiltzik: You were right not to trust Big Oil's promises - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-09/the-big-oil-companies-are-already-reneging-on-their-global-warming-goals
Hiltzik: You were right not to trust Big Oil's promises

BP and Shell made eye-catching promises to invest in renewable energy. If you're shocked that they're already backing off, you haven't been paying attention.

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Michael HiltzikFeb 4, 2023
Hiltzik: The surprising recovery of Barnes & Noble - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-01/barnes-noble-survived-a-near-death-experience-and-its-now-growing-again
Hiltzik: The surprising recovery of Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble was on the verge of disappearing, like Border's and Waldenbooks. Under new management it's turning around, and that's good news for readers.

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Michael HiltzikFeb 3, 2023
Hiltzik: The filthy homophobic smears on Gigi Sohn - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-03/opponents-unveil-a-grossly-homophobic-attack-on-a-superbly-qualified-fcc-nominee
Hiltzik: The filthy homophobic smears on Gigi Sohn

After failing to kill the FCC nomination of Gigi Sohn because she'd be too tough on business, opponents have turned to smearing her with homophobic lies.

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Michael HiltzikFeb 1, 2023
My column on the arch-hypocrite, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox:
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-01-30/utah-gov-cox-vetoed-a-harsh-anti-trans-bill-last-year-out-of-compassion-he-just-signed-a-worse-one
Hiltzik: The hypocrisy of Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on trans youth

Utah Gov. Cox stood firm against anti-transgender legislation last year. What made him sign a much harsher law this week?

Los Angeles Times