by jpitney | Mar 13, 2025 | Civility, Public Opinion
Katherine Schaeffer and Beshay Sakla at Pew: Five years after the coronavirus outbreak, many Americans say public behavior in the United States has changed for the worse, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Nearly half of U.S. adults (47%) say the...
by jpitney | Mar 12, 2025 | Dreier, Freedom of Press, Journalism, Journalists
Minhal Nazeer at The Georgetown Voice: President Trump’s recent attempts to exert greater control over the press come as planning continues for D.C.’s Fallen Journalists Memorial, the design for which was first unveiled by the Fallen Journalists Memorial...
by jpitney | Mar 11, 2025 | civic virtue, Tocqueville
Daniel Stid at AEI: Tocqueville’s concern about the government’s domestication of nonprofits would no doubt increase after learning how many of them rely on public funding from different levels of government (over and above the subsidy they get via the tax...
by jpitney | Mar 10, 2025 | Reagan, Trade
Naftali Bendavid at WP: Reagan, during his presidency, did not hide his scorn for those who equated tariffs with patriotism. “Today, protectionism is being used by some American politicians as a cheap form of nationalism,” Reagan said in a 1988 radio address. He...
by jpitney | Mar 9, 2025 | civic virtue, Civility
Hugo Balta at The Fulcrum: Civility in politics faces numerous obstacles. Hyper-partisanship has created an environment where compromise is often seen as a weakness rather than a necessary tool for governance. When politicians and citizens prioritize ideological...
