by jpitney | Jun 7, 2025 | California Politics, Economic Policy
Dan Walters at CalMatters: The disappearance of inter-party competition means Democrats have been free to implement their responses to multiple issues spawned by the state’s economic and cultural complexity — such things as erratic water supply, low-performing public...
by jpitney | Jun 6, 2025 | Civic Education, Civility
Linda Prevost at Yale: Immediately after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, a group of 10 Yale students from a variety of backgrounds convened on campus to discuss the unthinkable. Brought together by the university’s Civic Thought Initiative (CTI), which...
by jpitney | Jun 5, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
AT NYT, Michael Gold reports that some House Republicans have expressed regret about voting for the reconciliation bill, which they did not read. Last week, Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska admitted during a town hall meeting in his district that he did not know...
by jpitney | Jun 4, 2025 | Civic Education, Civility, Deliberation, Higher Education
Claremont McKenna College Commencement, Hiram Chodosh “Your traverse of the stage today is the road the world needs to follow. You prove the possible. The 64% of Americans who have lost confidence in higher education have not met you. You face and surmount the...
by jpitney | Jun 3, 2025 | Congress, Violence
Andrew Solender at Axios: Jewish members of Congress are worried by a spate of attacks aimed at Jews — and are openly saying they may be next on the target list. Why it matters: There has been a sharp rise in antisemitism and threats against lawmakers in recent years....
