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TX v CA, Daylight Saving & Sexual Assault in the Military
Texas Gov. Rick Perry criticizes California, we prepare for Daylight Saving, sexual assault in the military, and more.
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenAt the Conservative Political Action Conference today, Texas Gov. Rick Perry once again criticized blue states, like California, for being high tax and regulation. He says Texas is the business-friendly job-creating state. Is he right? We also look at Daylight Saving. What’s the argument for springing forward and falling back? We talk about TV -- Is there a lack of good roles for women in TV dramas? -- and the movies, post-Oscars. And we finish with a look at votes in the Senate yesterday on bills to protect victims of sexual assault in the military.
Banner Image: Texas Governor Rick Perry; credit: Gage Skidmore
In this episode
5 storiesJobs: Texas v California
Texas governor Rick Perry has for years been saying that his state leads the nation in job creation, contrasting Texas with California, where he says regulation and high taxes squash growth. Perry’s even traveled here to woo businesses to the Lone Star state. So, is it true?
Read the story9 minDaylight Saving
Sunday at midnight it’s time once again to spring forward into Daylight Saving Time -- that’s “saving,” not “savings” by the way. But why we spring forward -- and whether we should continue to -- is the cause of some confusion and debate.
Read the story6 minWomen and TV
Season one of HBO’s True Detective wraps up this Sunday. It stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as two detectives investigating murder on the Louisiana Bayou. Critics love it. Your nihilist friend who you previously thought incapable of love… loves it.
Read the story9 minMovies
We’ve managed to rise above our post-Oscars malaise for a fresh round of film talk. Because it’s Friday, and that’s what we do on Fridays.
Read the story16 minSexual Assault in the Military
The U.S. Senate voted yesterday to offer more protections to soldiers who say they were sexually assaulted in the military. But the vote was seen as a big defeat by victims rights advocates. They were supporting a much stronger bill, put forward by Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, which failed by five votes.
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