by Derek Monson | Sep 16, 2022
History first, debate second: Biden’s loan forgiveness plan Written by A newly filed lawsuit and a letter from 22 governors to President Joe Biden has kept the president’s federal student loan forgiveness plan in the headlines this week. Biden’s plan aims to use...
by Nic Dunn | Sep 9, 2022
3 questions for assessing Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan Written by Trying to make sense of the public debate on President Joe Biden’s announcement of his intent to forgive $10,000 in college student loan debt ($20,000 for Pell Grant recipients), as well as...
by Derek Monson | Sep 9, 2022
Biden’s democracy speech and the evolution of the presidency Written by President Joe Biden recently gave a speech broadly covered in the news media about democracy. An excerpt below captures its essence: Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism...
by Jonathan Ammons | Sep 9, 2022
Reading McCullough Written by Any views, thoughts, or opinions expressed by the author are his alone and do not necessarily reflect those of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or any other organization or corporation with which he might be affiliated. ...
by William C. Duncan | Sep 2, 2022
Rising antisemitic attacks are a bitter reminder of lessons not learned Written by Our impression from media is that mid-August through early September 1945 must have been marked by unmixed jubilation over the end of World War II. Surely that was true for some...
by Derek Monson | Sep 2, 2022
This V-J Day, let’s learn some lessons from WWII Written by In August 1945, Americans joyously celebrated the end of World War II with their families and friends. In mid-August of that year, Japan announced that it would unconditionally surrender to Allied forces,...