by jpitney | Jun 26, 2021 | Civility, Public Opinion
From the Survey Center on American Life: Although political disagreements are common, few Americans report having stopped talking to or being friends with someone because of their views about government or politics. Only 15 percent of the public have ended a...
by jpitney | Jun 25, 2021 | Journalism
A July 24 release from the Fallen Journalists Memorial (FJM) Foundation Today, the Fallen Journalists Memorial (FJM) Foundation announced it is working with AECOM, the world’s leading infrastructure consulting firm, and Pulitzer Prize winning architecture critic and...
by jpitney | Jun 24, 2021 | Congress, Public Opinion
Lydia Saad at Gallup: While Americans’ support for Biden is holding firm, their approval of Congress slipped to 26% this month, from 31% in May. It is now 10 points below this year’s high of 36% recorded in March, around the time Congress passed...
by jpitney | Jun 23, 2021 | Biden, Bipartisanship, Civility, Democracy
“Democracy is a way of being. He understood it begins and grows in an open heart and with a willingness to work across the aisle and come together in common cause, That empathy is the fuel of democracy. The willingness to see each other as opponents, not as...
by jpitney | Jun 22, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Budget, Debt
Many posts have discussed the deficit and the debt. Policymakers and the general public have tended to ignore these problems in recent years, In 1994, President Clinton named Bob Kerrey and John Danforth to lead a bipartisan commission on entitlements and tax...
