by jpitney | Jun 29, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists
Today marks five years since the horrific #MassShooting at the #CapitalGazette newsroom in #Annapolis. Five people died in that shooting. Today we heard from friends and family, reflecting on the anniversary. @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/sF7sKqhd2t — Evan Koslof (@ekoslof)...
by jpitney | Jun 28, 2023 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists
David Dreier in The Baltimore Sun: In the 1980s, Ben Cardin and I went to Congress from very different places, both politically and geographically. I was a young Republican elected in 1980 from a suburban Los Angeles district as Ronald Reagan swept into the White...
by jpitney | Jun 27, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists
Rick Hutzell at The Baltimore Banner: There is a memorial by the water in Annapolis: five granite pillars bounded by a curving brick wall. Most days, people walk past without giving it much more than a glance. Wednesday will be different. The city will host a morning...
by jpitney | Jun 26, 2023 | California Politics
Benjamin Oreskes at LAT: The findings of a new poll from a consortium of local nonprofits aiming to take stock of the state’s mood point to a contradiction playing out across the Golden State: People are pleased by the bounty the country’s largest state had to offer...
by jpitney | Jun 25, 2023 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Civility, Education
Hans Zeiger at American Purpose: While we’re failing to teach civics and history to the next generation, we’re fully exposing our students to other aspects of political life that are filtered through social media and the saturated twenty-four-hour news cycle. Sadly,...
