by jpitney | Jul 15, 2023 | Civility, Debate
by jpitney | Jul 14, 2023 | Civility
Washington Post: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) takes over Friday as chairman of the National Governors Association (NGA), a job that rotates annually between Republicans and Democrats. Every year, the new leader announces a signature initiative. The outgoing chairman, New...
by jpitney | Jul 13, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Mass Media, Newspapers
Could News Bloom in News Deserts? By Howard Husock American Enterprise Institute Key Points Due to the steady decline of print news in America, many Americans now live in news deserts, where there is no newspaper covering local issues. The absence of information on...
by jpitney | Jul 12, 2023 | House of Representatives, Polarization, Uncategorized
Donald Wolfensberger at The Hill: In 2008, David E. Kyvig, a professor of history at Northern Illinois University, published “The Age of Impeachment: American Constitutional Culture Since 1960.” In his preface, Kyvig says the purpose of the book is to answer “why...
by jpitney | Jul 11, 2023 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists
Alden, the infamous chop shop of American journalism, has taken The San Diego Union-Tribune: Will Huntsberry and Scott Lewis, the Voice of San Diego San Diego’s daily paper of record, the Union-Tribune, was sold by billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong and his family...