by jpitney | Dec 19, 2020 | Biden, Bipartisanship
William Gray at R Street: According to reports, the Biden administration is creating a position to “find common ground with conservatives” that will be headed by Louisiana Representative Cedric Richmond (D-La.). Part of Richmond’s mandate would be would be “private...
by jpitney | Dec 18, 2020 | Claremont McKenna College, Uncategorized
A few years ago, Nadeem Farooqi (CMC `15) interviewed David Dreier about the launch of the Dreier Roundtable. At the age of 27, Nadeem recently passed on. More details here:...
by jpitney | Dec 17, 2020 | Journalism
Lilly Price at The Capital Gazette: The Capital journalist Wendi Winters has been posthumously awarded the highest honor for civilian heroism in the U.S. and Canada, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced Monday. Survivors credit Winters for saving their...
by jpitney | Dec 16, 2020 | Lincoln, Slavery
Frederick Douglass, ORATION IN MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, delivered at the unveiling of the Freedmen’s Monument in Memory of Abraham Lincoln, in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., April 14, 1876 Inaugural Ceremonies of the Freedmen’s Memorial Monument to...
by jpitney | Dec 15, 2020 | Constitution
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment: No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a...
