KDAF in Dallas featured the 2022 Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey, which found that Texas is one of the least costly states to do business in, while California is one of the costliest. “Doing business in Southern California has many benefits, but the costs make it increasingly hard to pull off,” said Ken Miller, director of the Rose Institute for State and Local Government, and an author of the survey report.

Prof. Minxin Pei published an op-ed in Bloomberg, “Why Didn’t China Prepare Better for Covid Chaos?”

“The trauma of China’s exit from Covid Zero represents a major policy failure that did not need to happen,” Pei wrote. “The country had plenty of time to prepare for this moment and could easily have applied the lessons learned from other countries, such New Zealand and Australia, that adopted and then abandoned similarly strict pandemic restrictions.”

The Associated Press interviewed Prof. Jack Pitney about how San Bernardino County voters approved a ballot proposal to explore seceding from California.

“A lot of Californians are unhappy in many ways,” said Prof. Jack Pitney, citing record gas prices, the rising cost of living, and real estate prices that make home ownership unattainable for many working-class families.

“The vote on secession was like smashing the china. It’s a way of getting attention but in the end it doesn’t accomplish much,” Pitney said.

An obituary published in The Claremont Courier paid tribute to Professor Ward Elliott, who died on Dec. 6, 2022, at age 85. A beloved professor at CMC, Elliott inspired the minds and spirits of generations of students through his teaching, mentorship, and sing-along parties at his home.

The Claremont Courier reported on the unveiling of CMC’s 2023 Rose Parade^® float design at Family Fun Day on Dec. 11. The design, with the theme ‘launching responsible leaders,’ was visible in a detailed rendering.

 The Claremont Courier featured CMC’s float entry in the 2023 Rose Parade^®, sharing the float’s design elements, which include “snow-capped Mt. Baldy, public art, iconic buildings, a creative take on CMC’s book and globe logo, and Southern California native flora.”

Prof. Minxin Pei published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times arguing that the Chinese government must order “the immediate approval and import of mRNA vaccines” to quell protests over the country’s “rigid ‘zero-COVID’” policies.