by jpitney | Jul 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
George Washington, September 17, 1796: Though in reviewing the incidents of my Administration I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I...
by jpitney | Jul 11, 2024 | Russia, Social Media, Ukraine, Uncategorized
From DOJ The Justice Department today announced the seizure of two domain names and the search of 968 social media accounts used by Russian actors to create an AI-enhanced social media bot farm that spread disinformation in the United States and abroad. The social...
by jpitney | Jun 26, 2024 | Civility, Constitution, Uncategorized
C-SPAN Washington Journal: The American Enterprise Institute’s Yuval Levin talked about how the framers of the Constitution dealt with political division and how the document they created can be used to restore civility among those who disagree..
by jpitney | May 20, 2024 | Congress, Economic Policy, Uncategorized
Don Wolfensberger, “Budget Act dead at 50 — or is it incognito?,” The Hill, May 16, 2024. In 30 of the last 49 years, Congress has not met the April 15 deadline for approving a budget resolution. The last time Congress completed action on all 12 appropriations by Oct....
by jpitney | Apr 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
On November 12, 1940. Churchill delivered a eulogy for Neville Chamberlain in the House of Commons. It is a masterpiece of showing grace to a political foe who had made ghastly mistakes. The fierce and bitter controversies which hung around him in recent times were...
by jpitney | Apr 24, 2024 | Higher Education, Middle East, Uncategorized
The 2023 Campus Expression Survey (CES) from the Heterodox Academy: Many students are at least somewhat reluctant to discuss numerous controversial topics, with 47% of CES respondents being reluctant to discuss Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 45% being reluctant to...
