Early in this year's primary election season I did a study on bipartisanship for the Center on Communication Leadership of the University of Southern California. I'm afraid I was not very optimistic that Republicans and Democrats would be able to get together on much of anything after the Clinton and Bush years of what some call "hyperpartisanship." Now I'm not so sure. I concluded then that: "My own feeling is that only a strong president with a mandate for governing through a universal crisis — a necessary war or devastating climate change — can bring any bipartisanship or, better, nonpartisanship……
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Remembering Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
The New York Times, in a story remembering Adam Clayton Powell Jr., noted that one of his sons is Senior Fellow Adam Clayton Powell III, USC's vice provost for globalization. Powell Jr., who was a legendary Harlem congressman, would have turned 100 years old on Saturday, the story noted…….
Ted Turner puts it in writing
The Los Angeles Times highlighted media mogul Ted Turner's recent visit to USC. In a public interview conducted by CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan, which was attended by about 800 people, Turner discussed his key objectives, including reducing coal and oil use and working with the United Nations on nuclear disarmament. "Nobody wants to die so why have we built this system to kill each other?" Turner said. He playfully exhorted students to call him 'Ted' and even recited Shakespeare, the story stated. "This reminds me of the days when CNN was young and everybody wanted to interview me all over……