by jessparvin | Mar 7, 2024 | Democracy, Presidential Succession, Uncategorized
The House speaker crisis calls attention to the potential for far worse political instability. By Jean Parvin Bordewich and Roy E. Brownell II Originally published on October 27, 2023 in The Wall Street Journal The ousting of Kevin McCarthy as speaker threw the House...
by jessparvin | Sep 13, 2023 | Book Reviews, Democracy, History
Nancy Pelosi’s Big Stick An insider account of the Californian’s first four years as House speaker reveals how she prodded Washington’s more timid male leaders to do big things. Originally published on August 27, 2023 in Washington Monthly In September 2008, House...
by jessparvin | Sep 13, 2023 | Democracy, History
The 118th Congress could be more effective than the productive 117th Read the full article, originally published on June 6, 2023, in Roll...
by jessparvin | Sep 13, 2023 | Book Reviews
War By Other Means: The Pacifists of the Greatest Generation Who Revolutionized Resistance Originally published on June 1, 2023 in Friends Journal Quakers have embraced the peace testimony since their founding in the seventeenth century. Less well known is the fact...
by jessparvin | Sep 13, 2023 | Democracy, History, Presidential Succession, Uncategorized
Should the president and vice president both die, you’d think we’d have a well-considered plan to reconstitute the government. In fact, we don’t. Originally published on April 4, 2023 in Washington Monthly Most of us who follow government know what the line of...
