by jpitney | Aug 16, 2024 | Reagan
Vice President George H.W. Bush to President Ronald Reagan, August 16, 1988: Well, Mr. President and Nancy, hail and farewell. You know, a great scientist, Isaac Newton, once said: “If I’ve seen further, it’s because I’ve stood on the shoulder...
by jpitney | Aug 15, 2024 | Civil Rights
Diana J. Schaub, “Frederick Douglass: The Constitution Militant,” The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy 22 (Winter 2024). In an action almost as momentous as his original escape from enslavement, Frederick Douglass adopted...
by jpitney | Aug 14, 2024 | Civility, Deliberation, Higher Education, Middle East, Uncategorized
CMC Professor Gary Gilbert at Inside Higher Ed: I am suggesting the need to inculcate an obligation to engage, to find ways that members of an academic community can create room for discussion, built on questions rather than conclusions. Anything that promotes...
by jpitney | Aug 13, 2024 | Housing, Insurance
Levi Sumagaysay at CalMatters: Like single-family homeowners in California, landlords are facing higher insurance premiums, too. And they’re passing along some of those costs to their tenants. Many insurance companies have stopped writing policies in the state...
by jpitney | Aug 12, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government
Mark Caro at Poynter: Tom Rosenstiel, professor of the practice at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, sees a potential bright side for local news organizations in regard to news fatigue. “Local publications exist in the same media...
