by jpitney | Nov 6, 2021 | California Politics, Corruption, Journalism
Dan Walters at CalMatters: Campaign contributions are a semi-legal way for those who benefit from political decisions to express their gratitude, but they can backfire legally if there is some overt quid pro quo. During the Shrimpgate investigation, Capitol...
by jpitney | Nov 5, 2021 | Journalism, Journalists, United Nations
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab at Forbes: Too many journalists are dying for doing their job. Between 2006-2019, close to 1,200 journalists were killed for reporting the news. This equates to approximately 100 journalists per year. In nine out of ten cases the killers do not...
by jpitney | Nov 4, 2021 | California Politics, Claremont McKenna College, Congress, Dreier, Elections
From Between the Lines: David Dreier is a CMC and CGU graduate, and the very first legacy alumnus to graduate from CMC. His father was in the CMC class of ’52. He is a businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served for over 30 years as a member of the U.S....
by jpitney | Nov 4, 2021 | Civic Education, Democracy, Education, Higher Education
At AEI, Jenna Silber Storey has a report titled Liberal Education and Liberal Democracy. Major points: The problems in contemporary liberal education are exacerbating problems in our practice of liberal democracy. Liberal education today does a poor job of teaching...
by jpitney | Nov 3, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives
Nan Swift at LegBranch.org: Impermanent committees too often get a bad rap in Washington. People are quick to point to the 2011 Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction—sometimes called the “Supercommittee”—or the more recent Joint Select Committee on Budget and...
