by jpitney | Mar 10, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Ukraine
Joe Gould at Yahoo: Lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a $13.6 billion Ukraine aid package that took President Joe Biden’s request for weapons and training for Ukrainian forces and put it on steroids. Part of a sweeping $1.5 trillion measure to fund the federal...
by jpitney | Mar 9, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Senate
Emily Cochrane at NYT: Congress gave final approval on Tuesday to the most sprawling overhaul of the Postal Service in nearly two decades, sending President Biden legislation intended to return the beleaguered agency to solvency and address pandemic-era mail delays....
by jpitney | Mar 8, 2022 | Russia, Ukraine
Richard Nixon, Beyond Peace (1994): Any attempt to reestablish the Russian empire by force, coercion, or destabilization of its neighbors would be contrary to U.S. interests. To avoid any possible misunderstanding, the American government should make this clear to the...
by jpitney | Mar 7, 2022 | Cancel Culture, Higher Education
Emma Camp, a student at the University of Virginia, at NYT: I went to college to learn from my professors and peers. I welcomed an environment that champions intellectual diversity and rigorous disagreement. Instead, my college experience has been defined by strict...
by jpitney | Mar 6, 2022 | Congress, Elections
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Ron Elving notes that Congress can pass serious legislation during a midterm year: A salient example of the latter dynamic would be the election year of 1996. Bill Clinton was running for a second term as president. Both the House and...
