USC Price School of Public Policy Dean Jack H. Knott led a recent forum, featuring public administration scholars Kathleen Doherty and William Resh, that addressed the role and ways the U.S. President can shape national policy. The event was part of the Price School’s ongoing post-election conversation series, which explore the policy implications of the…
Continuing the series of Letters to a Trump Supporter – Yesterday, I addressed Hillary Clinton’s character. Today, I will address Donald Trump’s.
This is the fourth in my series of “Letters to a Trump Supporter,” from correspondence with a family friend who supports Mr. Trump. Continuing our conversation about Christianity, he sent me a chain email accusing President Obama of silencing Christians and promoting Islam. Below is my response. ~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Mr. ——, Thanks for passing along this email on…
This is the third in my series of “Letters to a Trump Supporter,” from correspondence with a family friend who supports Mr. Trump. Continuing our conversation about Central and South America, he sent me a blog post accusing Tim Kaine of being a Marxist for his association with “liberation theology.” If you haven’t heard of liberation theology before,…
This is the author’s second in a series of “Letters to a Trump Supporter,” from correspondence with a family friend who supports Mr. Trump for President.
Last Wednesday, we had the pleasure of welcoming journalist Pilar Marrero for a conversation with our own Sherry Bebitch Jeffe about toxic immigration rhetoric and the 2016 Presidential Election. Pilar Marrero is an immigration expert; she’s been covering social and political issues pertaining to the Latinx community in the U.S. for over 20 years. She…
The latest commentary from Sherry Bebitch Jeffe and Doug Jeffe on Fox and Hounds covers the performances of both candidates during the second presidential debate. There’s an ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” And we do. This is an election season as brutal, polarized, nasty (and vulgar) as any we’ve ever seen. The…
We will all remember this election. Our children and grandchildren will read about it. They will ask us what it was like to live through it. They will want to know what we did, where we stood, how we voted. This is the record I will leave behind. Throughout this election season, I have been…
San Jose Mercury News quoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffe in an article titled “Trump-Clinton debate: Bay Area residents dismayed at tone.” The article covered the policy content and language used during the second presidential debate. Then, after the two candidates took the debate stage and declined to shake hands, Trump attacked his rival in deeply personal terms,…
Fox and Hounds ran a commentary article titled “Post-debate Wisdom 1.0” by Professor Sherry Bebitch Jeffe and Doug Jeffe. The piece details their analysis of the presidential debate. Clinton may not have been able to close the enthusiasm gap between Trump’s base and her voters or to move the needle with Millennials, but Trump didn’t…