The President’s Transit Pipe Dream

February 17, 2012
The President’s Transit Pipe Dream

LISA SCHWEITZER, associate professor in USC Price School of Public Policy: “Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood last week told POLITICO that the House transportation bill is “the worst” measure he’s ever seen “during 35 years of public service.” His problem? The legislation would eliminate the deficit-plagued Highway Trust Fund as a funding source for transit, walking and biking projects. Money for those projects would instead have to come out of the general fund. Transit and sustainability advocates are outraged. Don’t...

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Obama’s Endless Battle

February 15, 2012
Obama’s Endless Battle

MARY L. DUDZIAK, professor of law, history and political science at USC’s Gould School of Law: “The defense secretary, Leon E. Panetta, recently announced that America hoped to end its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2013 as it did in Iraq last year.  Yet...

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Mixing Constitutional Apples and Oranges

February 7, 2012
Mixing Constitutional Apples and Oranges

REBECCA L. BROWN, professor of constitutional law in USC’s Gould School of Law: “The Supreme Court will soon consider the Affordable Care Act. Some argue that the challenge to the individual mandate is about federalism — the allocation of power between federal and state...

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Attention Romney: How to Pass the Authenticity Test

February 1, 2012
Attention Romney: How to Pass the Authenticity Test

DAVE LOGAN, lecturer in the Management & Organization department in USC’s Marshall School of Business: Mitt Romney has a leadership problem, he doesn’t know it, and he can’t fix it. Gingrich has a similar problem, but he does know it, and he has tried...

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A Crossroads Debate for Romney

January 26, 2012
A Crossroads Debate for Romney

DAN SCHNUR, director of USC’s Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics: “It’s the most important night of Mitt Romney’s political life. Us pundit types tend to get a little bit overwrought when framing presidential campaigns as a series of breathless and seminal do-or-die moments....

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