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Jan 11 2021
Perspectives Blog
It's Time to Think About a Third Party
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
As Democrats and Republicans retreat toward their respective ideological end zones, frustrated voters have often wondered about the possibility of a third party emerging that could target that vast, yet largely unseen political center. It seems logical that a competitive political marketplace would welcome another
Dan SchnurOct 18 2021
Headline Roundup
Key Clean Energy Program Likely to Be Cut From Budget Bill
A key clean energy program in the Biden administration's multi-trillion dollar spending bill may be dropped due to opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) A report from the New York Times (Lean Left bias) published Sunday highlighted three anonymous congressional staffers and lobbyists who said the Clean Energy Performance Program (CEPP) would likely be cut; Manchin, a moderate Democrat,
New York Post (News) NPR (Online News) NBC News (Online)Mar 14 2021
Analysis
Virginia next in line to abolish death penalty. What’s behind the shift?
Rachel Sutphin wasn’t thinking about the death penalty when her father, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy Cpl. Eric Sutphin, was killed on duty in Blacksburg, Virginia, in 2006. She was only 9, after all. Nor did she really understand it two years later, when a jury sentenced her father’s killer, William Morva, to death.
But as Mr. Morva’s lawyers periodically appealed the verdict over
Christian Science MonitorSep 29 2021
Headline Roundup
Biden Cancels Trip, Focuses on Spending Bills as Votes Approach
President Joe Biden canceled a Wednesday trip to Chicago and is staying in Washington D.C. as negotiations on his administration's spending bills have stalled. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has planned a vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Thursday, but progressives have pledged to vote against it unless the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package passes along with it. Moderate
Newsweek National Review (News) CNN (Online News)Jun 27 2017
Perspectives Blog
The Senate's New Healthcare Bill: What Do You Think?
Last Thursday, Senate Republicans revealed the much-anticipated Better Care Reconciliation Act, the new healthcare bill designed to replace Obamacare. Since its release, there have been a multitude of articles either praising or condemning the bill, with a minority actually going into deep analysis.
The bill has faced further scrutiny just this morning as the
Jaymee CopenhaverJul 28 2022
Headline Roundup
Manchin, Schumer Strike Deal on $739B Spending Package
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) struck a deal on a $739 billion budget reconciliation package.
Some details are unclear, but the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" would include roughly $370 billion in energy and climate change programs over the next 10 years, and would aim to raise $739 billion in revenue through IRS tax enforcement by
Fox News (Online News) CNN (Online News) CNBCJan 21 2021
Analysis
The US is back in the international climate game
As soon as he arrived in the Oval Office Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden made his first move to fulfill a promise to prioritize climate change by signing sweeping executive orders covering an array of policies and committing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Among the most immediate steps is rejoining the Paris agreement, the nonbinding international pact signed in 2015 to prevent
VoxApr 24 2022
Headline Roundup
French President Emmanuel Macron Wins Re-Election
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday was re-elected for a second term, beating out national populist candidate Marine Le Pen.
Macron, who received an estimated 58% of the votes, became the first French president to secure a second term in office since 2002. Vowing to be a "president for everyone," Macron said he would try to unify a divided France during his victory speech in
Wall Street Journal (News) Breitbart News Time MagazineAug 27 2019
News
On US slavery’s 400th anniversary, how ancestry quests help heal
lipping through his social studies textbook as a seventh grader in the 1970s, John F. Baker Jr. was stopped cold by an old black-and-white photo of four African Americans dressed in 1890s finery in front of a plantation home. The unidentified woman in the photo staring seriously out at him reminded him of his grandmother – and a tickle of curiosity was triggered every time he opened the book
Christian Science MonitorJun 03 2020
Perspectives Blog
Will June Protesters Be November Voters?
When there’s blood on the streets of American cities, a discussion of polling data may not sound particularly exciting. But especially for those who are grieving the recent tragedies in Minneapolis, Louisville and too many other places, give me just a minute to run through some numbers with you.
According to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll, Joe Biden is now running about ten
Dan Schnur