by jpitney | Dec 25, 2021 | Civility
A 2017 editorial in The Detroit News is more relevant than ever: Americans are closing out one of the most divisive and bitter years in modern history. Political passions are burning brighter than the holiday lights. We’ve surrendered to hatred, our discourse is angry...
by jpitney | Dec 24, 2021 | Civility, Montana, State Government
AT KTVH, Dennis Bragg speaks with retiring Montana lawmakers: Even with different political perspectives, there was a feeling that civility at the State Capitol is in decline. “Right now, I think our society isn’t really in agreement about who we are as a...
by jpitney | Dec 23, 2021 | Debt, Economic Policy
Brian Riedl at the Manhattan Institute: Today’s trendy economic argument asserts that the current debt-to-GDP ratio of 100% has not harmed the economy, and therefore Congress can easily afford large new government expansions. But that argument has two fatal flaws....
by jpitney | Dec 22, 2021 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia
From Radio Free Asia: Philippine journalist Maria Ressa took aim at American social media companies for allowing the “toxic sludge” of disinformation to spread online and impede the work of reporters worldwide, as she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Friday....
