by jpitney | Jan 19, 2021 | civic virtue, Civility, Democracy
At the Niskanen Center, Brink Lindsey writes of the Prime Directive of democratic civic virtue. And what is this Prime Directive? Let’s put in bold type: Treat all your fellow citizens, regardless of their political views, as your civic and political equals. In...
by jpitney | Jan 18, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Democracy, Pennsylvania, State Government
Rep. Stephen Kinsey (D-201) of Philadelphia, and Rep. Greg Rothman (R-87) of Cumberland County co-founded the new bipartisan caucus in the House of Representatives, They write at GoErie: As a Democratic state representative from Philadelphia and a Republican state...
by jpitney | Jan 17, 2021 | Congress, Crime, Journalism
The New Yorker has previously-unpublished video of the sacking of the Capitol. It is especially disturbing to anyone who has worked on the Hill. The terrorists rifle through documents and papers — a potential threat to national security. At about eleven minutes...
by jpitney | Jan 17, 2021 | California Politics, Civility, Democracy, Religion
An open letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader McCarthy from the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), the California Legislative Jewish Caucus and the JCRC of Silicon Valley: The California Jewish community is appalled by the events on January 6...
by jpitney | Jan 16, 2021 | Civility, Congress
Jonathan Bydlak of the R Street Institute: The violence at the Capitol last Wednesday was appalling to all of us who value civil discourse and respect institutions and procedural norms. We share in the anger and frustration felt by so many in our society. It is...
