by jpitney | Mar 19, 2025 | California Politics, Claremont McKenna College, Trade
Deborah Brennan at CalMatters: Confusion caused by President Donald Trump’s tariffs is clouding the Inland Empire’s economic forecast, as warehouses and other businesses face a looming trade war. The Inland Empire Economic Partnership recently released...
by jpitney | Mar 18, 2025 | Judiciary, Public Service
Carrie Johnson at NPR: Judge Richard Sullivan, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, said in his lifetime four federal judges have been killed in retaliation for their work on the bench. “This is not hypothetical,” Sullivan, who leads...
by jpitney | Mar 17, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
Last year, Jay Nordlinger wrote at NRO: Many years ago, as the Soviet Union was expiring and Eastern Europe was shaking free, Lech Wałęsa was asked what the “radios” — Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty — had meant to Poland. He answered, “Would there be an earth...
by jpitney | Mar 16, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Reagan, Uncategorized
President Reagan, February 24, 1982: Though born in war, the Voice of America continued in peace and has made enormous contributions. Today as we witness new forms of inhumanity threatening peace and freedom in the world, the Voice of America can perform an even more...
by jpitney | Mar 15, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives, Trade
In 1987, Speaker Jim Wright (D-TX) created a new day in order to rush passage of a bill. Philip Wallach at The American Interest: Most dramatically, as Wright sought to push through a revenue-positive reconciliation bill following “Black Monday” in October 1987, his...
