by jpitney | Jun 30, 2020 | Civility, Congress
From the National Archives: Congress and Civility by Design Summary: The First Congress established civility as a core value of American government. Studying documents from this period reveals how congressional processes and the rules for debate promoted civility....
by jpitney | Jun 29, 2020 | Journalism
Two years ago Sunday, a gunman opened fire at the newsroom of The ‘Capital Gazette, killing five. Senator Ben Cardin remembered the event:
by jpitney | Jun 28, 2020 | Civility
From an Stewart’s Shops, an Upstate New York chain: Civility Ice Cream is making a return at the cone counter. It has sweet, smooth vanilla ice cream with salty caramel swirls. With a world divided, we thought everyone could use a scoop of Civility (ice cream)!...
by jpitney | Jun 27, 2020 | Civility, Polarization, Public Opinion
Rasmus Skytte has an article at The British Journal of Political Science titled “Dimensions of Elite Partisan Polarization: Disentangling the Effects of Incivility and Issue Polarization.” The abstract: Elite partisan polarization has been found to have...
by jpitney | Jun 26, 2020 | Congress, Jobs
From First Branch Forecast: We consolidated nearly 20 sources that announce Capitol Hill jobs into one twitter feed – https://twitter.com/opengovjobs. Here’s a list of what it covers: House Dems (Majority Leader’s feed) House GOP House Employment Bulletin House...
