by jpitney | Apr 23, 2020 | Congress, Coronavirus, House of Representatives
Heather Caygle, John Bresnahan, and Sarah Ferris at Politico: The House will vote Thursday on whether to establish a select coronavirus oversight committee, a plan Pelosi announced earlier this month. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina will chair the...
by jpitney | Apr 18, 2020 | California Politics, Coronavirus, Newspapers
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA): I was deeply saddened to learn of the decision by the Los Angeles Times to shut down the Glendale News-Press, Burbank Leader and La Cañada Valley Sun. These are institutions that have served our community for decades and have chronicled and...
by jpitney | Apr 17, 2020 | Coronavirus, Newspapers
Meg James at The Los Angeles Times: The Los Angeles Times’ parent company, California Times, is folding three award-winning community newspapers that serve the cities of Burbank, Glendale and La Cañada Flintridge. Fourteen staff members learned Thursday that they were...
by jpitney | Apr 15, 2020 | Coronavirus, Debt, Economic Policy
From the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: The United States entered the current public health and economic crisis facing high levels of debt and trillion-dollar deficits. Due to the effects of the crisis and legislation enacted to combat it, debt and...
by jpitney | Apr 14, 2020 | civic virtue, Civility, Coronavirus
Jim Elliott at The Missoula Current: In the 1990s I would talk to people who had long memories of hard times in America. They would bemoan, even in the ‘90s, the decline of civility and unity, and inevitably they would recall their lives in the Great Depression and...
by jpitney | Apr 12, 2020 | Civility, Coronavirus
Alexandra Hudson at The Tennessean: Calamities such as COVID-19 illustrate that the decisions everyday Americans make with the common good in mind are far more optimal in preventing the virus’ spread, as they keep our freedoms intact. Daily acts of self-restraint for...
