by jpitney | Nov 21, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Israel, Senate
A release from Senator Tim Scott: This week, Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced a resolution recognizing Israeli-American contributions and condemning antisemitism. The bipartisan resolution introduced by the co-chairs of the Senate Caucus...
by jpitney | Nov 20, 2022 | Congress, House of Representatives
At Roll Call, Jim Saksa reviews how the Freedom Caucus is proposing to change Republican Conference rules and House rules. “Congress has been testing this speaker-dominant model for at least 30 years,” said Kevin Kosar, congressional scholar at the American Enterprise...
by jpitney | Nov 19, 2022 | Declaration of Independence, Lincoln, Reagan
Today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. In 1987, President Reagan said: This is Lincoln’s greatest lesson, this lesson in liberty. He understood that the idea of human liberty is bound up in the very nature of our nation. He understood that...
by jpitney | Nov 18, 2022 | Congress, Demographics, Disabilities, House of Representatives, Senate
Taylor Orth at YouGov: Polling conducted by YouGov in the days following this year’s election finds that large shares of Americans believe it’s important for their elected officials to be demographically representative of the American population; among...
by jpitney | Nov 17, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress
Senator Mitt Romney last week: Depending on the outcome of several key races, the Republican Party could soon have control of one or both houses of Congress. Robert Frost and politics don’t really mix, but his famous allegory is apt: Two roads diverge before this...
by jpitney | Nov 16, 2022 | Reagan, Russia, Ukraine
On January 29, 1981, President Reagan described the leaders of the USSR. His words still apply to Putin and company: Now, as long as they do that and as long as they, at the same time, have openly and publicly declared that the only morality they recognize is what...
by jpitney | Nov 15, 2022 | Afghanistan, Journalism, Journalists, Ukraine
The International Center for Journalists recently saluted colleagues who produce outstanding news coverage with important impacts, often reporting from places where journalists risk their lives to do their work. A trio of Ukrainian journalists who produced...
by jpitney | Nov 14, 2022 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists
DREIER ROUNDTABLE OP-ED CONTEST BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE STILL FINISHING THEIR ARTICLES, DEADLINE IS NOW THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17. CMC’s Dreier Roundtable is pleased to announce the Fall 2022 op-ed writing contest. Entries should be in the form of an op-ed article,...
by jpitney | Nov 13, 2022 | Civility
Chloe Melas at CNN: Dolly Parton is the latest recipient of the Bezos Courage and Civility Award. “Jeff [Bezos] and I are so proud to share that we have a new Bezos Courage and Civility Award winner — a woman who gives with her heart and leads with love and...
by jpitney | Nov 12, 2022 | Democracy, Technology
Nathan Gardels at Noema: Democracy in its republican form is fundamentally about how diverse citizens within one community relate to each other through the institutions of self-government. And where there are interpersonal relations, there are ethics of communication...
