In The News
Feb 7
LARA SETRAKIAN, 2007 JENNINGS FELLOW, TWEETS FROM TAHIR SQUARE
This is a clear and brutal siege on what had been a peaceful protest. Sirens in the background, helicopters overhead. More gunfire, and watching streams of men trying to break up the human chain protecting Tahrir Square from one direction. People linking arms, in rows 3-4 thick, have secured all but one of the entrances… [Continue Reading]
Feb 7
A Call to Serve: My 2011 Volunteer Impact Challenge
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter writes his first guest post for Constitution Daily, challenging us all to serve our city, no matter where we live.
Feb 6
Thinking about Ronald Reagan: On 100th birthday, he’s remembered for good reason
Thirty years and four presidents later, Americans still see themselves in Reagan. In a Gallup poll in 2009 they ranked Reagan as the best president, just ahead of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.
Feb 4
The Constitution in “Quotes”
“What they’re asking cannot be done,” one senior Egyptian official said, citing clauses in the Egyptian Constitution that bar the vice president from assuming power. Under the Constitution, the speaker of Parliament would succeed the president. “That’s my technical answer,” the official added. “My political answer is they should mind their own business.” The New… [Continue Reading]
Feb 4
Who will save congress? The Millennials, of course.
Three ways to fix our Congress, from John DiIulio, a distinguished political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania.
