by jpitney | Sep 16, 2024 | Reagan
Michael Reagan: Hollywood can’t always be trusted to accurately portray reality or history, to say the least. But I fully enjoyed watching the facts go by in the premier of “Reagan,” which I saw this week at the famous Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. “Reagan,”...
by jpitney | Sep 15, 2024 | Military, Public Service, Veterans
At WP, Casey Cep profiles Ronald E. Walters, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs (PDUSMA) for the National Cemetery Administration (NCA). According to the VA: he helps lead 155 national cemeteries in providing dignified burial services for military...
by jpitney | Sep 14, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
David Bauder and Linley Sanders at AP: While about half of Americans say they are following political news “extremely” or “very” closely, about 6 in 10 say they need to limit how much information they consume about the government and politics to avoid feeling...
by jpitney | Sep 13, 2024 | California Politics, Education
Dan Walters at CalMatters: California’s public schools have a numbers problem —and it’s not just that their students don’t score very highly in national tests of mathematics ability. Their other numbers problem is the financial squeeze posed by declining...
by jpitney | Sep 12, 2024 | Congress
Kevin R. Kosar at The Hill: Last week, the Library of Congress made an important announcement: The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is getting a new director. Karen Donfried will begin her 10-year term on Sept. 23. She takes over for interim director Robert...
