by jpitney | Jul 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, Social Media, Vaccine
At STAT, a bipartisan message from Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN), California State Senator Richard Pan, M.D. (D), and Max G. Bronstein, founder of the Journal of Science Policy & Governance: We must also invest in grassroots public outreach...
by jpitney | Jul 27, 2020 | Civility, Congress, Deliberation
The Association of Former Members of Congress interviewed 31 Members who left Congress in 2018 and 2019, from both sides of the aisle. The results are n a publication we’ve entitled “Congress at a Crossroads.” At The New York Times, Carl Hulse summarizes: The study...
by jpitney | Jul 26, 2020 | Civil Rights, Disabilities
President George H.W. Bush on signing the Americans with Disabilities Act, 30 years ago today: Our success with this act proves that we are keeping faith with the spirit of our courageous forefathers who wrote in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these...
by jpitney | Jul 25, 2020 | Civility, Deliberation
Emily Ekins at Cato: A new Cato national survey finds that self‐censorship is on the rise in the United States. Nearly two-thirds—62%—of Americans say the political climate these days prevents them from saying things they believe because others might find them...
by jpitney | Jul 24, 2020 | Civility, Deliberation
President George H.W. Bush, University of Michigan Commencement, May 4, 1991: The freedom to speak one’s mind — that may be the most fundamental and deeply revered of all our liberties. Americans, to debate, to say what we think — because, you see,...
