by jpitney | Jul 5, 2021 | Dreier, Journalism
A 6/29 release from the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation: The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation today announced the kick-off of its capital campaign with the receipt of two significant grants to support the establishment of the Fallen Journalists Memorial...
by jpitney | Jul 4, 2021 | civic virtue, Patriotism
Arthur Brooks at The Atlantic: Nationalists may identify as patriots, and some people opposed to both ideologies might argue that they are equivalent. For national and individual well-being, though, distinguishing between them is important. Following Tocqueville and...
by jpitney | Jul 3, 2021 | Autism, Crime, Insurrection, Journalism
Alex Mann at The Capital Gazette: A neurologist testified Friday afternoon that the man who murdered five Capital Gazette employees has autism spectrum disorder, one of the diagnoses his defense attorneys are basing his insanity claims on. The gunman who fatally shot...
by jpitney | Jul 2, 2021 | Civility
At The Los Angeles Times, Mark Z. Barabak profiles Utah’s Republican governor, Spencer Cox: Cox never abandoned his conservative beliefs. He strongly opposes legal abortion and has signed pro-gun legislation.He joined other Republican governors last month in...
by jpitney | Jul 1, 2021 | Congress, Coronavirus, Deliberation, House of Representatives
Don Wolfsenberger at The Hill: Just before adjournment on Monday, the House Clerk read a letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms declaring, after consultation with the Attending Physician, that the pandemic health emergency remains in effect, thereby extending to mid-August...
