Can a New Speaker Reinstate an Old Norm?
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After a little more than three weeks, House Republicans have finally elected a speaker. He’s Mike Johnson, first elected to the House in 2016 from a district in northwest Louisiana. He’s almost unknown to the public, has a right-wing voting record, and has been a supporter of Donald Trump. He grills witnesses effectively but calmly, with no visible anger.
Why not take small government rhetoric to its local conclusion?
To the Editor: There is much discussion recently of “white supremacy,” and the threat its advocates may pose by fomenting violence and civil unrest. It is true that many white Americans feel uncomfortable at the prospect of whites becoming a minority not many years from now. But very few of them are militant advocates of […]
Refusing to listen to the other side of a debate doesn’t have a very good record of success.