Michael Hiltzik
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author. Read my new book Big Science and my blog at [email protected]
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Column: California's pot tax came in way below projections — and not for the reason you think
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California officials are wondering why marijuana taxes haven't turned out to be a cash cow. Here the reason.
Column: A stem cell clinic under fire by the FDA and ex-patients files for bankruptcy
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A La Jolla clinic pitching $15,000 stem cell treatments files for bankruptcy, facing a lawsuit from former patients.
Column: Another article asks us to feel sorry for a couple earning $500,000 a year
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Articles asking us to sympathize with high-income couples barely scraping by or even falling deeply into debt despite income in the high six-figures are staples of the financial press.
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Michael Hiltzik Don't forget maxing out their 401k contributions and paying the mortgage on a $1.8-million home. I deconstructed the earlier version of this exact same BS story 2 years ago, here: 19d
Column: The Democrats' Wall Street wing hates Elizabeth Warren. They hated the New Deal too
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Wall Street Democrats' fear of Elizabeth Warren reminds us that they opposed the New Deal too.
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Michael Hiltzik Column: The Democrats' Wall Street wing hates Elizabeth Warren. They hated the New Deal too 22d
Column: Studies show how Juul exploited social media to get teens to start vaping
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Stanford studies suggest that Juul blanketed social media with promotions to entice youngsters into vaping.
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Michael Hiltzik Column: Studies show how Juul exploited social media to get teens to start vaping 25d
Column: Can Trump legally revoke California's clean air waiver? Probably not
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Trump's authority to revoke California's waiver from federal clean air rules rests on a very shaky legal foundation.
Column: The Koch-backed right-to-try law has been a bust — but still threatens our health
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The federal right-to-try law, passed as a Koch-supported device to weaken the FDA, hasn't helped any patients in a year.
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Michael Hiltzik Column: The Koch-backed right-to-try law has been a bust — but still threatens our health 32d
Free speech, 'civility,' and how universities are getting them mixed up
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Michael Hiltzik You should note that you're quoting me, verbatim: 33d
Column: Justice Gorsuch calls for 'civility,' always a code for shutting down free speech
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Justice Gorsuch joins the push for 'civility' in debate, which is always aimed at shutting down debate
Column: WeWork carries Silicon Valley's 'unicorn' craze to its absurd limits
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Nothing about WeWork looks normal, and Wall Street may finally be waking up
Column: Trump's trashing of NOAA's scientific reputation is part of his war on science
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President Trump's trashing of NOAA's reputation is part of his pattern of trashing scientific knowledge.
Column: A Republican senator hints at gutting Social Security 'behind closed doors'
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GOP Sen. Joni Ernst wants to 'reform' Social Security in secret, an indication that the public won't like the result
Column: Bankruptcy is hitting more older Americans, pointing to a retirement crisis in the making
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Whether America is facing a “retirement crisis” in which seniors are making do with shrinking financial resources has been widely debated.
Column: Medical bankruptcy is an American scandal — and that's not debatable
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Bernie Sanders has triggered another debate over the frequency of medical bankruptcy, but he's mostly right.
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Michael Hiltzik Medical bankruptcy is an American scandal — and that's not debatable 45d
Column: Uber, Lyft and DoorDash will spend $90 million to avoid paying their drivers better
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Uber, Lyft and Doordash will spend $90 million to undercut a California employment law.
Column: California's fire insurance market reaches a crisis
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The insurance industry says there's no problem with the California fire insurance market, but tell that to the people whose policies have been dropped.
Column: Johnson & Johnson got hit for a $572-million opioid verdict. Why did its stock go up?
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Here's why Johnson & Johnson's $572-million court judgment looks like good news for investors.
Column: How MIT whitewashed the climate change denialism of a major donor, David Koch
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MIT's obituary of donor David H. Koch lauded him for donating to cancer research, but ignored a career undermining science.
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Michael Hiltzik Column: How MIT whitewashed the climate change denialism of a major donor, David Koch 53d
Column: David Koch's real legacy is the dark money network of rich right-wingers
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David Koch leaves a raft of right-wing policies behind him, but his real innovation was creating a dark money network.
Column: Trump is proposing to reduce the employer health insurance system to utter chaos
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Trump's position on the notorious Texas-led attack on Obamacare would be disastrous for employer-sponsored health plans.