Dec 03, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where the body of former President George H.W. Bush will lie in state at the Capitol beginning this evening. A funeral service will take place Wednesday at National Cathedral, on a day of national mourning declared by President Trump. White House correspondent Fred Lucas reviews the elder Bush’s remarkable career as a public servant, beginning as a Navy pilot during World War II. Plus: Lucas and Rachel del Guidice on aspects of the special counsel’s Russia probe, and Elizabeth Slattery and Jason Snead on protecting property rights.
George H.W. Bush Was the Last President to Serve in Combat, World War II
George H.W. Bush joined the Navy on his 18th birthday and flew 58 combat missions in World War II, winning honors including the Distinguished Flying Cross and Presidential Unit Citation.
John Allen Chau’s Crime Was Wanting to Promote ‘Wrong’ Beliefs
Chau “should have stayed away,” writes the Chicago Tribune’s John Kass of the Christian missionary who died last month. “There should be some places left on Earth where people can live in their natural state, away from all of us and all our pride and our holy men.”
There Is No ‘Surge’ in Right-Wing Violence
A Washington Post “analysis” of domestic terrorism argues that attacks from white supremacists and other “far-right attackers” have been on the rise since Barack Obama’s presidency and “surged since President Trump took office.”
No End in Sight: Cohen, Manafort Developments Seen as Keeping Mueller Probe Going Into 2019
Recent events give special counsel Robert Mueller “a better vehicle to continue his investigation at a time when some in the public were feeling investigation fatigue,” says Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
Podcast: The Importance of Civics Education
At a time when students across the country lack a basic understanding of government and economics, one university is doing something about it. Paul Carrese, founding director of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, shares.
Flake Continues to Hold Judicial Confirmations Hostage to Vote on Mueller Protection Bill
Retiring Sen. Jeff Flake is staying true to his pledge to not advance judicial nominees in the Senate Judiciary Committee, unless a bill that would prevent President Trump from firing special counsel Robert Mueller gets a Senate vote.
A Nightmare Farm Bill for Conservatives
A small number of legislators developed the farm bill behind closed doors, pushing policies that will funnel as much money as possible to big agricultural special interests.
The Supreme Court Signals It May Rein in Abusive Property Seizures
Civil forfeiture is the law enforcement practice that allows police to seize currency or property alleged to have been used to commit a crime, or to represent the fruits of that crime, even if there is never a conviction.
We Hear You: No, the Migrants in That Caravan Have No ‘Right’ to Cross Our Border
“If the migrants are permitted to enter, this will balloon out of all existing proportion to a massive crisis, worse than Europe has seen. Literally millions are watching to see the outcome,” writes Michael Bowler.
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