by jpitney | Jul 11, 2025 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Newspapers
From Muck Rack: In 2000, many Americans lived in a community with journalists — people whose job it was to cover school board decisions, announce small business openings and closures, root out corruption at city hall, warn commuters about road work and trumpet the...
by jpitney | Jul 10, 2025 | Congress, Deliberation
R Street Institute and other think tanks comment on proposed cuts to congressional capacity: Specifically, the bill reported by the House Appropriations Committee on June 26, 2025, would decrease funding of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) by $396.5 million,...
by jpitney | Jul 9, 2025 | Economic Policy, Korea
The U.S. is imposing a 25% tariff on Korea because of trade deficits that it claims are “engendered by Korea’s Tariff and Non Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers.” But Korea has a free trade agreement with the U.S. It charges zero tariffs on nearly...
by jpitney | Jul 8, 2025 | Congress, Corruption
Kevin Kosar at AEI: The frequent media stories about legislators’ well-timed stock trades over the past several years have fomented a slew of bills to toughen up the STOCK Act and other rules forbidding the co-mingling of officials’ powers and personal wealth. ...
by jpitney | Jul 7, 2025 | Civility, Polarization, Reagan
Fred Ryan at The Dispatch: When I first joined the White House, I was young and driven, eager to help the president capitalize on his political mandate. So were many of my colleagues. But Reagan taught us a crucial lesson that’s in short supply today: In a healthy...
