Frequent commentator on american politics and political history. , the Mansfield Center for the university, montana. His work has appeared the new york times, the Washington Post, the bulwark, california journal, politics and public policy. Montana. The magazine of western history and the indiana magazine of history. He is a columnist for the lewiston tribune. Idaho, and writes regularly on the blog many things considered. His previous books for the university of Oklahoma Press are tuesday massacre for Senate Elections and the radicalization of the republican party, a study of how independent campaigns upended american politics after 1980 and political hellraiser a biography of montana new deal era senator Burton K Wheeler and that is a spur Award Finalist by the western writers of johnson served as a press as the press secretary and chief of staff to idahos longest serving governor, cecil d andrus, and is a graduate of south dakota state university. He lives in oregon. Please help me
Little bit about mark c johnson. Hes the author books and a u. S. Senate history and a frequent commentator on american and political history. Mr. Johnson is also a fellow, the Mansfield Center for the university, montana. His work has appeared the new york times, the Washington Post, the bulwark, california journal, politics and public policy. Montana. The magazine of western history and the indiana magazine of history. He is a columnist for the lewiston tribune. Idaho, and writes regularly on the blog many things considered. His previous books for the university of Oklahoma Press are tuesday massacre for Senate Elections and the radicalization of the republican party, a study of how independent campaigns upended american politics after 1980 and political hellraiser a biography of montana new deal era senator Burton K Wheeler and that is a spur Award Finalist by the western writers of johnson served as a press as the press secretary and chief of staff to idahos longest serving governo
And so we are very committed to this. Making Major Investments to grow with the demand. And i have had more than one person suggest to me an interesting idea. We are thinking about it. We ought to add Computer Science as a candidate for fulfilling our language requirement. It is a language just like spanish or german and perhaps in some age maybe even more useful. We ought to let that satisfy it is an intriguing animated by a sentiment much like yours. I suggest to we put in calculus, algorithms and algorithmic thinking. Doesnt have to include calculus. You have to have any particular scores. Statistically many of the scholars will notice. The single strongest correlate, four years of math. One simple thing is dial that up they are not there already. Keep the microphone here. Thank you. This is for president daniels. Next line, independent citizen. Behave yourself. What percentage of your students are us citizens and what percentage of your graduates end up working in the United States
The construction is now nearly complete. Construction of the African American museum and the proposed repairs to the national air and space museum are illustrative of the very real challenges the subcommittee faces. Both increasing demand for and shrinking supply of federal dollars to address many legitimate priorities. For this reason, it is essential that the smithsonian outlined and clearly communicate its highest and greatest priorities. Every member of the subcommittee would like to support the 10 increase for funding for the smithsonian. But, given the incredible demands, it is probably not realistic. Difficult funding decisions will have to be made. The subcommittee will do its very best to adjust the smithsonians most urgent priorities. I look forward to your testimony and continuing to Work Together. In closing, i want to commend you for the smithsonians efforts to improve the display and storage of your vast collections. Based on the input this Committee Received from members
[laughter] it is tempting in a situation like this to draw on the everyday because it is so easy and he is so out there, and the rest of the media concentrates on him so much. And it is fun, and people like it. But, and this is my experience with little political campaigns over the years. Day, it seems timely and great and perfect for today, but you get to the end of the year and you realize the 240 pieces you have drawn, about a third were on a horse race that had a shelf life of three days. Everyone in the field does that on that day, your work is just not that great and you get to the end of the year and realize aboutd not draw anything world population, not educating oceans, oruting the whatever your favorite topics are. It can be a distraction. How many people here like cartoons about donald trump . People react to them. Said, i have a very local audience. It is broader than just philadelphia. I am supposed to be doing local cartoons, because one thing about cartoonists is, if the