by jpitney | Aug 5, 2021 | Civility, Deliberation, Polarization
Across Talk is a new monthly video series hosted by Lincoln Zaleski, a disinformation specialist at Renew America Together. In our fifth episode, Lincoln chats with Selene Swanson, a Research Fellow at the Project on International Peace and Security. Selene describes...
by jpitney | Aug 4, 2021 | Journalism
Clay Risen at NYT: Ruth Pearl, the mother of Daniel Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal who was brutally murdered by Muslim extremists in Pakistan in 2002, thrusting her and her husband, Judea, into the global spotlight, died on July 20 at her home in Los...
by jpitney | Aug 3, 2021 | Appropriations, Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: “Bundling” in colonial America seems a curious and quaint custom when viewed in the rearview mirror of contemporary society. It was the practice in which courting couples spent the night together in bed, fully clothed, usually in the...
by jpitney | Aug 2, 2021 | Debt, Economic Policy
From the Congressional Budget Office: CBO projects a federal budget deficit of $3.0 trillion in 2021 as the economic disruption caused by the 2020–2021 coronavirus pandemic and the legislation enacted in response continue to boost the deficit (which was large by...
by jpitney | Aug 1, 2021 | Congress, Infrastruture, Senate
Carl Hulse at The New York Times: Everyone in Congress these days seems to believe everyone else is up to something. It is the legacy of the polarization and power plays that have robbed Congress of an essential ingredient to reaching big policy agreements. “Trust is...
