Matt Kielty

Laughed.

So there's a quote from the Pittsburgh Post-Dispatch who said, California is the state that produced Jerry Brown, the People's Temple, Sister Boom Boom, whatever that is, drive-in churches, Charles Manson, the Esalen Institute, and now a governmental task force to promote self-esteem.

Now there's one more California joke to tell at cocktail parties around the nation.

He was angry.

But the thing is, that Doonesbury strip about the task force... When he did that, everybody else paid attention.

It's how everyone found out about it.

That is what made it famous.

We spent three years at it.

People with high self-esteem did better in school.

They were less welfare dependent.

They were less prone to crime and violence, substance abuse.

So they put together this report.

Really fat report.

That yes, self-esteem does indeed cause all these amazing effects.

They publish it.

And...

There's a complete 180.

Next, our call-in guest is John Baskin-Sellis.

All of a sudden, John Baskin-Sellis.

Nobody's laughing.