by jpitney | Sep 6, 2022 | Civility, Elections, Public Service, Violence
Neil Vigdor at NYT: In Wisconsin, one of the nation’s key swing states, cameras and plexiglass now fortify the reception area of a county election office in Madison, the capital, after a man wearing camouflage and a mask tried to open locked doors during an election...
by jpitney | Sep 5, 2022 | Democracy, House of Representatives, International Relations
From the International Republican Institute: In this iteration, Brad, HDP expert speaker and former Chief of Staff to HDP co-founder, Rep. David Dreier, shares his experience participating and leading HDP programming. What was the genesis of HDP? In the post...
by jpitney | Sep 4, 2022 | intelligence
Tom Nichols at The Atlantic: Some documents, such as war plans or technical specifications about weapons systems, have obvious intelligence value. Most classified materials, however, just aren’t all that sexy at first glance. They’re not likely to look anything like...
by jpitney | Sep 3, 2022 | Civility, Elections
John F. Harris at Politico: The paradox of modern technology, especially as harnessed by social media, is that it is especially proficient in unleashing primitive dimensions of human character. That suggests a renaissance of insult, indignation and conspiracy theory —...
by jpitney | Sep 1, 2022 | National Archives, Public Service
Debra Steidel Wall, Acting Archivist of the United States, to NARA Employees: The National Archives has been the focus of intense scrutiny for months, this week especially, with many people ascribing political motivation to our actions. NARA has received messages from...
