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Feb 26 2021
Analysis
The House is set for a historic down payment on Biden's legacy
At any other time, the imminent House passage of a gargantuan $1.9 trillion bill that addresses many of the foundational goals of a new presidency would be regarded as a smashing victory for a White House only six weeks into a first term.
Yet the extreme circumstances of a pandemic, an ex-President's impeachment trial and a partisan split over the contents of the legislation have so far
CNN (Online News)
Nov 13 2019
News
University of Florida student government president faces impeachment over Trump Jr. appearance
The student government president at the University of Florida is facing a call for his impeachment over his role in bringing Donald Trump Jr. and Trump campaign adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle to campus for a speaking engagement last month.
The Washington Post reports Michael Murphy, the school's student president, was served with a formal impeachment resolution from the student government
The Hill
Aug 21 2013
Humor
Double Take 'Toons: That'll Learn 'Em?
As America's kids head back to school most will be experiencing the new Common Core standards. Jeff Parker thinks the controversy over the guidelines is overblown while Bob Englehart doubts anything will change the way many kids view school.
NPR (Online News)
Feb 16 2020
News
Democratic hopefuls now test strength among minority voters
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For I.S. Leevy Johnson, the Democrats’ search for a challenger to take on President Donald Trump is personal.
“There is what I call an ‘ABT mood’ in the black community: Anybody but Trump,” said the 77-year-old who was the first black graduate of the University of South Carolina’s law school. “It has people of color very motivated and excited about voting this time
Associated Press
Feb 23 2021
Analysis
Republicans’ New Strategy Is to Pretend Trump Never Happened
In many ways, Merrick Garland’s Monday confirmation hearing for Attorney General was almost exactly what his 2016 hearing for the Supreme Court would have been. The issues raised by Republican senators—illegal immigration, guns, executive power, big tech—are pretty much standard GOP fare. You could be excused if, based on the proceedings, it felt as if Donald Trump had never happened.
Slate
Mar 26 2020
News
Graduation, interrupted: A senior reflects on college’s abrupt end
When I first read about the novel coronavirus in early January, it barely registered. As a graduating senior enjoying my final months at school in the small city of Ithaca, New York, I never imagined that a virus in China could affect me. But two months later, the pandemic brought my time at college to an abrupt end.
The crisis seemed to draw closer early this month when an outbreak
Christian Science Monitor
Mar 12 2018
News
Trump says gun policy with 82 percent support has 'not much political support (to put it mildly).'
Donald Trump is trying to defend his "school safety" plan, which doesn’t call for an age limit on assault weapon purchases (but does support arming teachers). Predictably, his claims about those age limits are all about deflecting and obfuscating (or, to be less polite, are full of crap).
Daily Kos
Feb 10 2020
Opinion
I teach architecture. Trump’s plan for federal buildings is a bad idea.
For the past three decades, the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, where I teach, has been on a mission to reintroduce the fundamentals of architecture education, emphasizing classical architecture and traditional urbanism, a way of designing walkable cities and towns to meet the needs of citizens. We envision classical architecture as an expression of the accumulated wisdom of
Washington Post
Jan 29 2021
News
Biden’s call for unity hits first big test in Congress
With growing pressure to address the economic fallout of the pandemic, early hopes for bipartisan compromise are already dimming. Democrats say they simply can’t afford to waste time working toward a deal that’s unlikely to happen.
Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, professes himself to have been “very pleased” with what President Joe Biden said in his inauguration address about
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 15 2021
Perspectives Blog
When We Should Pay Attention to Iowa
It’s pretty easy to forget about Iowa in between presidential elections.
Every four years, dozens of candidates, hundreds of journalists and thousands of activists descend on the state for a brief frenzy of activity leading up to its presidential caucuses. But for residents of the other forty-nine states, Iowa otherwise tends to be a political afterthought.
Under most
Dan Schnur