by jpitney | Sep 25, 2021 | Civility, Claremont McKenna College, Dreier
Anne Bergman at Claremont McKenna College: Can Republicans and Democrats get along? If the bipartisan ceremony and discussion that took place at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on Sept. 22 is any indication, the answer is a resounding yes. At the event,...
by jpitney | Sep 24, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Budget, Congress
Lara Brown at The Hill: Backlash is real. Democrats should not fool themselves into believing that passing a massive $3.5 trillion plan that provides Americans with government benefits from “cradle to grave” will be seen by the public as a good thing. Americans are...
by jpitney | Sep 23, 2021 | Congress, Constitution
A September 16 letter to Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, and Minority Leader McCarthy: Following the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, we are writing to urge you, as leaders of Congress, to address the...
by jpitney | Sep 22, 2021 | Claremont McKenna College, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Free Speech, Higher Education
From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE): The top-ranked college in the 2021 Campus Free Speech Rankings, Claremont McKenna College (CMC), had an overall score of 72.27. CMC eclipsed last year’s top-ranked college, the University of Chicago, by...
by jpitney | Sep 21, 2021 | Crime
City Journal interviews Claremont McKenna College professor Michael Fortner. An excerpt: Your work suggests that elites, on both left and right, have fundamentally misread black views on crime and policing, and our political debates reflect that misreading. In your...
