Sarah Chen ’22 and Prof. Manfred Keil shared 21 “good news” items from 2021 in an article they co-wrote for the San Bernardino Sun. Chen, who was recently named a Rhodes Scholar, is a forecast analyst with CMC’s Lowe Institute of Political Economy. Keil is the Associate Director of the Lowe Institute and leads the Inland Empire economic forecast research team.
In a commentary published in Real Clear Politics, Prof. Andrew Busch discussed the history of budget reconciliation use and misuse, starting with the establishment and evolution of the Budget and Impoundment Control Act from 1974.
The Daily Beast interviewed Prof. Jack Pitney about the expectations that President Joe Biden would rescue America like a superhero. “We expected Biden to return us to normality and it hasn’t happened. It’s not necessarily his fault, but people aren’t grading on a curve,” he said.
In an op-ed published in the Salt Lake Tribune, Religious Studies Prof. Cristina Rosetti writes of the distrust that fundamentalist groups have for government and medical authorities, resulting in many refusing COVID-19 vaccinations and searching for alternative remedies. These groups “still view the government with suspicion. Many continue polygamy, and fear of being reported to law enforcement keeps them from accessing resources like health care.”
The Associated Press published the announcement of a transformative lead gift from the W.M. Keck Foundation to support an iconic new facility to house the CMC’s new integrated sciences program. The program will prepare students for leadership within a modern global economy and create expansive, collaborative, and innovative learning opportunities.
The facility will be named the Robert Day Sciences Center, honoring CMC alumnus, fifty-year trustee, and W.M. Keck Foundation Chair and Chief Executive Officer Robert Day ’65 P’12.
Prof. Michael Fortner and Sarah Simionas ’23 co-authored an opinion essay for Divided We Fall, “The Bipartisanship of Police Reform and Public Safety.” “The criminal justice dilemma we face is not the people or their preferences but our politics. The will is there for long-term, structural solutions to urban violence,” they wrote.
In a commentary, “Will 2022 Midterms Be the Next Great Crisis Backlash?” for Real Clear Politics, Prof. Andrew Busch wrote, “At least twice in U.S. history, big political shakeups occurred in midterm elections that served as endpoints to periods of crisis, privation, and extraordinary government expansion and regimentation.”
