by jpitney | Jun 9, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
Brier Dudley at The Seattle Times: A one-two punch this week is knocking out much of Oregon’s remaining local newspaper ownership. Two family-owned publishing companies announced Monday that they are selling or have sold nearly half the state’s newspapers. First...
by jpitney | Jun 8, 2024 | Biden, Foreign Policy, Military, Russia, Ukraine
President Biden observes the 80th anniversary of D-Day: America’s unique ability to bring countries together is an undeniable source of our strength and our power. Isolationism was not the answer 80 years ago, and it is not the answer today. We know the dark...
by jpitney | Jun 7, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: The importance of requiring members’ presence in the chamber to vote was highlighted last Wednesday when the House narrowly adopted a special rule (H. Res. 1243) making in order three measures for floor consideration that week. The vote...
by jpitney | Jun 6, 2024 | Europe, Foreign Policy, Military, Reagan
President Reagan, June 6, 1984: In spite of our great efforts and successes, not all that followed the end of the war was happy or planned. Some liberated countries were lost. The great sadness of this loss echoes down to our own time in the streets of Warsaw, Prague,...
by jpitney | Jun 5, 2024 | Reagan
Governor Larry Hogan: Today marks the 20th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s passing. President Reagan understood the simple truth that successful politics is about addition and multiplication, not subtraction and division. He won two landslide elections and changed the...
