ALTHOUGH Charlie Chaplin honed his craft in the now dust-covered formats of vaudeville and silent film, the world’s first global movie star remains an important voice who speaks to us about key questions involving political power and our shared humanity.

Commentary: Charlie Chaplin’s messages are timeless (The Free Lance-Star)

“Like any contentious issue in American politics, this will end up in a courtroom,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington. “You really have to go back to the days of massive resistance and desegregation to find education as prominent in the actions of a governor as you have seen in Day One of the Youngkin administration.”

Youngkin takes office with immediate focus on education, thrilling some and terrifying others (Washington Post)

"Remember, Joe Biden became President during a very difficult time. You have the huge economic and health care crises of COVID. You have the incredibly divided partisan politics in Congress and the country. You are looking at somebody that started off in a very difficult time," said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia. 

President Biden’s first year in office (KNX Radio, Los Angeles)