by jpitney | Jun 10, 2020 | Congress, Deliberation
From the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: Last week the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress “Select Committee” held a virtual discussion with outside guests to discuss staffing reforms on Capitol Hill. This was the fourth virtual...
by jpitney | Jun 8, 2020 | Journalism
Laura Hazard Owen at Nieman Lab: As Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country one week after a white police officer allegedly murdered a black man, George Floyd, it’s becoming clear that attacks by police on journalists are becoming a widespread pattern,...
by jpitney | Jun 7, 2020 | Race, Uncategorized
Conservative writer David French: It’s hard even to begin to describe all the ramifications of 345 years of legalized oppression and 56 years of contentious change, but we can say two things at once—yes, we have made great strides (and we should acknowledge that fact...
by jpitney | Jun 5, 2020 | Crime
President George W. Bush: Laura and I are anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd and disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our country. Yet we have resisted the urge to speak out, because this is not the time for us to lecture. It is time for...
