Op-Ed Contest Deadline THIS FRIDAY

DREIER ROUNDTABLE OP-ED CONTEST DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY. CMC’s Dreier Roundtable is pleased to announce the Fall 2024 op-ed writing contest.  Entries should be in the form of an op-ed article of the kinds that appear in newspapers and news sites. The op-ed may concern...

Adams, Jefferson, and Civility

At WP, Alexandra Hudson tells how Adams and Jefferson revived their friendship after their bitter break: Adams made the first move. On New Year’s Day 1812, he gifted Jefferson two pieces of “homespun,” or handmade fabric, as a token of goodwill, along with a brief...

Failed State Update: Housing Costs

Hans Johnson and Eric McGhee at PPIC While California’s housing market has undergone tremendous changes over the years, with some aspects worsening in the last decade, the central problem—high housing costs—remains the same. On PPIC’s 30th anniversary, we take stock...

Catcher in the Awry

Don Wolfensberger: It is difficult, even for budget-savvy folks to follow the rocky road of PAYGO and its many iterations and exemptions. Suffice to say, the best laid plans often go awry. And congressional budgeting has been a big catcher in the awry.   What...

Did Your Vote Matter?

Ashley Mowreader at Inside Higher Ed: Promoting civic engagement on college campuses is a priority for higher education institutions, particularly before an election, as is helping students to get involved in political discourse and use their voices. But in the wake...

Mitt Romney Farewell

Throughout my 25 years of public service, I have learned that politics alone cannot measure up to the challenges we face. A country’s character is a reflection not just of its elected officials but also of its people. May we each be a voice of unity and virtue....

Reminder: Op-Ed Contest

CMC’s Dreier Roundtable is pleased to announce the Fall 2024 op-ed writing contest.  Entries should be in the form of an op-ed article of the kinds that appear in newspapers and news sites. The op-ed may concern any issue in public affairs, broadly defined, domestic...

The Journalist’s Job

George Packer at The Atlantic: We’re living in a world where facts instantly perish upon contact with human minds. Local news is disappearing, and a much-depleted national press can barely compete with the media platforms of billionaires who control users...

Threats

Andrew Solender at Axios: To members of Congress, the wave of bomb threats targeting public figures this week was just another sad chapter in what has become a constant and relentless cycle of political threats and violence.   Why it matters: Lawmakers have...