by jpitney | Nov 28, 2025 | Civility, Public Opinion
Shanay Gracia at Pew: Most Americans (78%) say elected officials should avoid using heated or aggressive language because it could encourage some people to take violent action. A far smaller share (20%) says that officials should be able to use heated language without...
by jpitney | Nov 26, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
Megan Mineiro at NYT: Even by the standards of the raucous House of Representatives, the past week was an exceptionally caustic one, with lawmakers from both parties lobbing or threatening no fewer than a half-dozen censures and official scoldings at one another. The...
by jpitney | Nov 25, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
Terry Parris Jr. on the Library Newsroom Project: To me, the library is the needle that threads conversation, connection, storytelling and journalism through community life. That is the spirit of the Library Newsroom Project, which I founded in December 2023. The...
by jpitney | Nov 24, 2025 | Congress, Presidency, Uncategorized
Don Wolfensberger asked why shutdowns are more dominant now than in the middle of the 20th century? The short answer… is that Congress was more bipartisan and amenable to compromise in those days. But there was structural change going on as well. With enactment...
