The State Journal-Register ran an op-ed by Senior Fellow Richard Reeves on health care reform. "Socialism or not, history is pushing health-care reform into law. It will not be 100 percent of what President Barack Obama wanted. It will be a compromise bill with some Republican input – and it will be added to and expanded over the years," Reeves wrote…….Continue Reading Richard Reeves: Look to history for health-care direction
Category: In the News
Business book reviews
The Dallas Morning News ran a review of "The Essential Bennis" by Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis. The review stated that Bennis has compiled his insights of more than 50 years into one volume, including what he identifies as four core competencies gifted leaders have in abundance: adaptive capacity, the ability to engage others in a shared vision, a distinctive voice, and integrity…….Continue Reading Business book reviews
Mike Bloomberg Owns This Town
New York Magazine noted that Senior Fellow Richard Reeves was one of the writers who helped the magazine create its list of the most powerful people in New York. These writers "constructed not just a numerical ranking of the city's movers and shakers but a vivid tapestry of how those players – many of them unelected and obscure — interacted to shape public life in New York," the story stated…….Continue Reading Mike Bloomberg Owns This Town
Book review: ‘The Clinton Tapes’ by Taylor Branch
The Dallas Morning News ran a book review by Faculty Fellow Philip Seib on "The Clinton Tapes" by Taylor Branch. "Among the most valuable tools for scholars and others interested in a specific presidency is a contemporaneous record: letters or a diary that captures the president's real-time reactions to crucial moments. 'The Clinton Tapes' presents a version of this," Seib wrote…….Continue Reading Book review: ‘The Clinton Tapes’ by Taylor Branch
‘A National Summit on Arts Journalism’ convenes
The Los Angeles Times highlighted a conference at the USC Annenberg School, "A National Summit on Arts Journalism," which was held for an invited audience of roughly 200 people and streamed live on the Internet. The event was co-organized by Faculty Fellow Sasha Anawalt, the story noted…….Continue Reading ‘A National Summit on Arts Journalism’ convenes
Perry Directs Supporters Through Twitter, Facebook
The Austin American-Statesman quoted Faculty Fellow Thomas Hollihan about social media in political campaigns. Hollihan said that campaigns are embracing social media because it costs virtually nothing "to penetrate deeper into communities of like-minded people than [they] could have before."……Continue Reading Perry Directs Supporters Through Twitter, Facebook
Another One for the Gipper
The New York Times mentioned Senior Fellow Richard Reeves in an article on former President Ronald Reagan. "On one side you have the stalwart Reagan haters … . On the other you have those journalists and academics – Richard Reeves, John Patrick Diggins, Sean Wilentz, for example – who have sought ways to recognize Reagan as a consequential president, and possibly even a great one, without ceding too much ideological ground to his conservatism," the story stated…….Continue Reading Another One for the Gipper
Trial Lawyers at Work
The Wall Street Journal cited "The People v. Clarence Darrow" by CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan as the No. 1 book about trial lawyers. While defending labor activists accused of a 1910 bombing, Darrow was implicated in jury tampering; the noted lawyer defended himself and was acquitted. The article noted that Cowan weighs the evidence in his book, and concludes that Darrow was probably guilty…….Continue Reading Trial Lawyers at Work
African American media struggling to survive
Public Radio International's "Here and Now" interviewed Faculty Fellow Christopher Holmes Smith about African-American media outlets struggling to survive. The magazines are losing relevance because of class and generational differences within the black community, Smith said…….Continue Reading African American media struggling to survive
Death an emotional rallying cry in Iran
The Los Angeles Daily News quoted Senior Fellow David Westphal about the widely viewed footage of Iranian protester Neda Agha-Soltan dying from a gunshot wound. "The 'Neda' video wasn't the only amateur video that millions of people have been seeing over the last week, but it was clearly the most emotionally powerful, wrenchingly powerful, example," Westphal said…….Continue Reading Death an emotional rallying cry in Iran