by jpitney | Oct 28, 2025 | civic virtue, Education, Religion
How Religious Schools Strengthen Our Republic Religion and the American Experiment, Volume 1 Written by Samuel J. Abrams, Sutherland Institute October 2025 There are at least four mechanisms through which religious schools cultivate democratic virtues: 1....
by jpitney | Oct 27, 2025 | Civic Education, Higher Education
Benjamin Sotrey and Jenna Silber Storey at AEI: Schools of Civic Thought are entirely new academic units, with the same powers as other departments, dedicated to offering university-level civic education. Since citizenship is always exercised in a particular time and...
by jpitney | Oct 26, 2025 | California Politics, Law, Local Government, Los Angeles, Uncategorized
Rebecca Ellis at LAT: Fesia Davenport, L.A. County’s chief executive officer, received a $2-million settlement related to Measure G, according to a letter released by the county counsel. Davenport had sought damages over “reputational harm, embarrassment, and...
by jpitney | Oct 25, 2025 | Civility, Polarization, Violence
A Pew Research Center survey of 3,445 U.S. adults conducted Sept. 22-28 finds that, overall: 85% say politically motivated violence is increasing. This includes nearly identical shares of Republicans and Republican leaners (86%) and Democrats and Democratic leaners...
by jpitney | Oct 24, 2025 | Canada, Reagan, Trade
Ronald Reagan, Radio Address to the Nation on the Canadian Elections and Free Trade Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/253108 This week, as we prepared for Thanksgiving, Canada held an...
