by jpitney | Nov 29, 2020 | Civility, House of Representatives
Former Congressman Ric Keller at The Harvard Crimson: As a former Congressman, I strongly encourage newly elected members of Congress to attend the bipartisan orientation program sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, which will be held...
by jpitney | Nov 28, 2020 | Biden, Civility
Linda Feldmann at The Christian Science Monitor: The late Sen. John McCain would have been proud of his friend President-elect Joe Biden. The two went back decades – back, even, to before Mr. McCain’s election to Congress. In the late 1970s, when the Arizona...
by jpitney | Nov 27, 2020 | Civility
Henry A. Brechter and Stephanie Bond at USA Today: In early 2020, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce moved to reward members of Congress who demonstrate these values. Two new awards recognize “members of Congress who demonstrate the bipartisan leadership and constructive...
by jpitney | Nov 26, 2020 | Thanksgiving, Washington
Yuval Levin and Adam J. White at National Review: Each Thanksgiving calls to mind early Thanksgivings — at Plymouth in 1621, of course, but perhaps also in the nation’s capital in 1789. In October of that year, just months into the nation’s new constitutional...
by jpitney | Nov 25, 2020 | Immigration
Anthony Blinken, on his nomination to be Secretary of State: For my family, as for so many generations of Americans, America has literally been the last best hope on earth. My grandfather, Maurice Blinken, fled pogroms in Russia and made a new life in America. His...
