ICYMI - 7 Stories From Last Week… And Our AI Ethics and Transparency Policy
Below are 7 highlights of columns from the week that was - we disclose how and when AI is used on this page — and do you know what happened on July 26, 1971, on this day in history?
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BELOW ARE SEVEN STORIES THAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED!
Katie Porter Says She Is Closing the Door on Politics. Voters Slammed It Shut.
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California AG Rob Bonta Rigs Language in Voter ID Initiative
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The Difference Between Liberalism, Progressivism, Socialism And Communism
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With Prop. 40 A Public Employee Union In California Wants A Wealth Tax. Other Countries Already Tried It. Hint: Doesn’t Go So Well
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Gavin Newson’s Hollywood Bailout Bust
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Newsom’s Diaper Deal Stinks - More Than You Think
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Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 7/24?
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One Video!
I was on CNN earlier this week…
On This Date in 1971…
THE APPOLO 15 LUNAR MISSION LIFTED OFF…
On July 26, 1971, Apollo 15 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, beginning one of the most ambitious missions of America’s race to explore the Moon. Astronauts David Scott, James Irwin and Alfred Worden rode a Saturn V rocket toward the lunar surface. By then, Americans had already landed on the Moon three times, but Apollo 15 was designed to do something more: turn lunar exploration into serious scientific fieldwork.
Scott and Irwin landed near the spectacular Hadley Rille and spent nearly three days on the Moon. They became the first humans to drive a vehicle on another world, using NASA’s new Lunar Roving Vehicle — the famous “moon buggy” — to travel farther from the lunar module and collect more geological material. Among their discoveries was the “Genesis Rock,” believed to be part of the Moon’s ancient crust.
Apollo 15 returned safely to Earth on August 7 after traveling more than a million miles. It remains a remarkable reminder of an era when America combined technological innovation, scientific ambition and national determination — and sent human beings a quarter-million miles from home to explore another world.
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Jon