by jpitney | Feb 12, 2023 | Housing, Uncategorized
Senator Tim Scott at a U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on the state of housing, For decades, Washington’s response to housing challenges has simply been more spending. We need to end this cycle and stop spinning our wheels. While...
by jpitney | Feb 11, 2023 | Civility, Deliberation, Polarization
Robert Alexander at RealClearPolitics: In order to move beyond this “polarization pandemic,” we must start with civility. Our politicians must set a better example for all of us. Tolerance is a key feature of healthy democracies and is most likely to prevail when...
by jpitney | Feb 9, 2023 | California Politics, Claremont McKenna College, Congress
Generation Up is a statewide education policy advocacy non-profit dedicated to representing the interests of California students at the state and local level. We have chapters in high schools and colleges across the state, the newest of which is GENup Claremont! This...
by jpitney | Feb 8, 2023 | Biden, Civility, Congress
by jpitney | Feb 7, 2023 | Civility, Congress, Nixon
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: My first day working on the Hill, Jan. 20, 1969, coincided with President Richard Nixon’s first inauguration. Having observed from afar our country tearing itself apart in the late 1960s, with urban riots and anti-war protests, one of...
