by jpitney | May 4, 2020 | Civility, Coronavirus
From an Idaho Statesman article on civility by Butch Otter, former Republican governor of Idaho; Walt Minnick, former Democratic Congressman from Idaho; and Bill Manny, an independent and longtime Idaho journalist. As chairs of an Idaho working group for the National...
by jpitney | May 3, 2020 | civic virtue, Civility, Coronavirus, Presidency
A Message from President George W. Bush@TheCalltoUnite pic.twitter.com/FIn9wuOPTF — George W. Bush Presidential Center (@TheBushCenter) May 2, 2020
by jpitney | Apr 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, Trade
From Americans for Free Trade:
by jpitney | Apr 29, 2020 | Congress, Coronavirus, Oversight
Yuval Levin and Yuval Levin and Adam J. White at National Review: [L]egislators should be prepared to take smaller steps by both authorizing and appropriating emergency government actions as required. Rather than assume that the president has the power he needs to...
by jpitney | Apr 28, 2020 | Civility, Coronavirus
Andrew E. Masich at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: When George Washington was a boy, he copied into his notebook over 100 “Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.” Most of these rules he copied or adapted from well-known publications. But...
by jpitney | Apr 25, 2020 | Coronavirus, Debt, Economic Policy, Uncategorized
An April 24 report from CBO: CBO has developed preliminary projections of key economic variables through the end of calendar year 2021, based on information about the economy that was available through yesterday and including the effects of an economic boost from...
