by jpitney | May 30, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger writes about the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA): Despite the rough and tumble party battles for committee leadership, Connolly distinguished himself by his bipartisan outreach to Republicans to co-sponsor bills that had a good chance to become law....
by jpitney | May 29, 2025 | Authoritarian
At The Hill, Ruth Greenspan Bell and Janine R. Wedel describe how authoritarians silence dissent: Here is the Polish, 1980s version of how it happens, as one of us, then a Fulbright Scholar in martial law Poland, witnessed. From the street sweeper to the...
by jpitney | May 28, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Journalism, Journalists
A NYT press release: We are thrilled to announce that Mike Shear, one of the great talents and pillars of the Washington bureau, is now a senior U.K. correspondent based in London. In his new role, he will take his boundless curiosity and drive for news across the...
by jpitney | May 27, 2025 | Democracy, Uncategorized
Daniel Stid: Friends, I am committed to updating you here every other week with my reflections on philanthropy, civil society, and democracy in America. Alas, a sprawling and recalcitrant draft has conspired against me this week. But in the spirit of holding this...
by jpitney | May 26, 2025 | California Politics, Immigration, Population, Technology
Jim Carlton and Paul Overberg at WSJ: The state’s population rose 0.6% in 2024, reaching 39.43 million by adding almost a quarter-million people, according to Census Bureau estimates…Yet California’s growth is tenuous. Without immigration, it would have shrunk...
