by jpitney | Sep 19, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Deliberation, House of Representatives
From the Hoover Institution and the Sunwater Institute (among the authors are Matt Glassman of the CMC DC program, and Dave Hoppe): Mission At a time of heightened concern about the strength of our democracy, we cannot ignore the poor health of Congress. Our...
by jpitney | Sep 18, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Social Media
Pew Research: A small but growing share of U.S. adults are regularly getting news on TikTok. In fact, since 2020, no social media platform we’ve studied has seen faster growth in the share of Americans who regularly turn to it for news, according to a new Pew Research...
by jpitney | Sep 17, 2024 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists
Michael Brice-Saddler at The Washington Post At first glance, the design renderings of a new memorial planned for the National Mall appear to show hundreds of large, rectangular glass prisms arranged almost at random. A closer look, however, reveals the truth. A...
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...
