American Politics

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Debra J. Saunders
July 11, 2021
American Politics

Who Will Prosecute the Prosecutors?

Debra J. Saunders
July 11, 2021
American Politics
Fun fact: It took special counsel Robert Mueller less than two years to release his report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, dubbed Crossfire Hurricane. It's been more than two years since then Attorney General William Barr named John Durham to head a probe into the origins of the Russian investigation. Read More ›
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Debra J. Saunders
June 20, 2021
American Politics

Jan. 6 or June 2020

Debra J. Saunders
June 20, 2021
American Politics
President Joe Biden released his National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism on Tuesday. A fact sheet on the measure cautioned that narratives about election fraud, the Jan. 6 Capitol breach and COVID-19 "will almost certainly spur" extremist groups to engage in domestic violence this year. Read More ›
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Debra J. Saunders
June 13, 2021
American Politics

Gov. Newsom, Kevin Cooper Is Guilty

Debra J. Saunders
June 13, 2021
American Politics
Kevin Cooper used to tell reporters that he wanted DNA testing, which didn't exist when he went to trial, to prove that he was not guilty of the four 1983 murders that put him on California's death row. If the tests implicated him, he said, he would drop his appeals. Read More ›
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Debra J. Saunders
May 23, 2021
American Politics

Who Is That Masked Man? Your President

Debra J. Saunders
May 23, 2021
American Politics
After the CDC announced on May 13 that fully vaccinated Americans don't have to wear masks, many big news organizations followed not with stories of celebration, but warnings that the guidance was confusing for businesses and governments and jarring to those who had gotten used to working from home. Read More ›
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Discovery Institute
April 28, 2021
American Politics

Discovery Institute Welcomes Former White House Correspondent as New Chapman Center Fellow

Discovery Institute
April 28, 2021
American Politics
Veteran journalist Debra J. Saunders will join Discovery Institute’s Chapman Center for Citizen Leadership as a fellow on May 1st. Saunders explained that her goal will be to look beyond the well-worn talking points, and challenge big media’s predictable take on major stories and put events in context. Read More ›
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Bruce Chapman
December 14, 2019
American Politics

Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them

Bruce Chapman
December 14, 2019
American Politics
This book began as a qualified defense of politicians. Their claims can never be unqualified. Surely the politician should stand humbly before those quieter citizens who move society forward in ways a lawgiver or law-executor cannot. You might be tempted to suppose that improvements happen despite the politicians. Read More ›
Bruce Chapman
June 26, 2019
American Media, American Politics, Culture

We Need to Bring Back Real Debates in America

Bruce Chapman
June 26, 2019
American Media, American Politics, Culture

The televised Democratic presidential sound byte pageants will not be true debates by any realistic standard. They are reminiscent of the 2016 Republican primaries that started with 16 candidates preening on a platform and enduring “gotcha” questions by reporters/moderators trying to get themselves into the news story. Until the nominee field narrows, these shows are almost a parody of real debates in the Lincoln-Douglas or Oxford Union manner. That’s too bad. We need to bring back real debates in America, and not just among candidates. Name the issue (climate change, foreign interference in our elections, abortion, immigration, tariffs, privacy online, the future of artificial intelligence, the meaning of “free speech,” whatever): Americans are badly divided. Since media and politicians often …