President Biden on Justice O’Connor

President Biden at Memorial Service for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: Gracious and wise, civil and principled, Sandra Day O’Connor, a daughter of the American West, was a pioneer in her own right, breaking down the barriers in the legal and political worlds and the...

Rampant Antisemitism

  In a survey released last month by the Jewish Federations of North America, nearly 9 in 10 American Jews and more than 6 in 10 Americans overall said they believed there was more antisemitism in the U.S. now than five years ago. Asked to consider “just the last...

CMC Alums in Journalism

A list in progress (updated August 29, 2023) Chandler Presson `21— New York Digital Hub Editor, Modern Luxury Blaise Malley `20 — reporter, Responsible Statecraft Torrey Hart `19 — staff editor,  The Athletic [Oakland, CA] Malea Martin `19 — Staff Writer. Mountain...

Ukraine and Escalation

Professor Andrew Busch: As for escalation, Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev have been threatening it since February 2022. But Putin, no longer a Marxist, is assuredly still at heart a Leninist, and it was Lenin who advised his followers “You probe with bayonets: if...