by jpitney | Oct 3, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives
Haley Byrd WIlt at NOTUS: In interviews with more than a dozen House Republicans ahead of the anniversary of McCarthy’s removal, lawmakers said they are still emotionally recovering. They blamed those frenetic, frustrating weeks for thwarting GOP priorities and...
by jpitney | Oct 2, 2024 | Bureaucracy, Business, Regulation, Uncategorized
Phil Gramm at WSJ: Jimmy Carter, who turns 100 on Oct. 1, doesn’t get enough credit for the quarter-century economic boom from 1983 to 2008 and the underlying resilience of the economy since. Without Mr. Carter’s deregulation of airlines, trucking, railroads, energy...
by jpitney | Oct 1, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists
From NPS: Join the National Park Service (NPS) in shaping the design process for the Fallen Journalists Memorial, symbolizing the pursuit of truth, courage, and sacrifice in journalism. The NPS, in cooperation with the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation...
by jpitney | Sep 30, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Public Opinion, Uncategorized
From Pew Research: Americans’ relationship with local news is changing. More are getting news online, and fewer are turning to sources like daily newspapers, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted earlier this year. The survey is part of the Pew-Knight...
by jpitney | Sep 29, 2024 | California Politics, Housing, Local Government, Regulation
Miles Warner at The Santa Monica Daily Press: This week we found out officially, what many of us already know experientially, that Santa Monica is the most expensive city to conduct business in. Our academic neighbors to the East, Claremont McKenna College’s...
by jpitney | Sep 28, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives
Olivia Beavers and Jordain Carney at Politico: Enough Republicans and Democrats signed onto a bipartisan discharge petition to force a vote on the Social Security Fairness Act — a bill that eliminates two provisions that limit benefits for some Americans who also...
by jpitney | Sep 26, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Uncategorized
PEN America interviews Andrew DeVigal. Before joining the University of Oregon, DeVigal was an award-winning multimedia editor at The New York Times What role can local journalists play in the fight against disinformation, specifically as it relates to local...
by jpitney | Sep 25, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Transparency
US Glass: A planned all-glass memorial honoring slain journalists will soon rise in Washington, D.C. Officials from the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation say the site near the National Mall will be the first memorial in the United States to be constructed...
by jpitney | Sep 24, 2024 | Civility, Deliberation, Science
Dr. Francis Collins, former director of NIH, at NYT: Here are some specific ideas about actions we can all take. First, we should each take the time to get our own mental house in order. Let’s begin with a fundamental principle: There is such a thing as truth,...
by jpitney | Sep 23, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists
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...
