Kevin McCarthy

by | Jun 23, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives

Adam Schiff on KCRW last December: He recalls that they were on a plane flying black to Washington D.C. in 2010, about six months before the midterm elections, and they discussed who they expected to win.   “I said Democrats and he said Republicans. And I...

Legislative Hostages

by | Jun 20, 2023 | House of Representatives

Don Wolfensberger on the “resolution” of the recent Rules impasse: This time, the Freedom Caucus rebels fell in line after McCarthy struck a “power sharing” agreement with the group that promised greater prior consultation on major legislation, and much...

Juneteenth 2003

by | Jun 19, 2023 | Slavery

President George W. Bush June 19, 2003: In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be, free.” This news reached...

The Collapse of Local News

by | Jun 18, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists

 Jan-Werner Mueller at LAT: By some estimates, one-third of the newspapers that existed in the U.S. in 2005 will be gone by 2025. Some 70 million Americans already live in “news deserts,” or will soon. In the United Kingdom, 320 local newspapers closed between 2009...