by jpitney | Sep 24, 2025 | Civility, Federalism, Presidency
Gov. Cox recently spoke with Ezra Klein: And this is the problem. We believe in just short term: If I could just this once win this election, then all of my wildest dreams will come true, and my enemies will go away forever. Or: If we win this presidential election,...
by jpitney | Sep 24, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
At Politico, Ben Jacobs explains how censure has evolved from a mark of shame to a fundraising opportunity: Since 2021, there has been an average of more than one official censure a year — a far leap from the past, when censures used to be a once-in-a-decade kind of...
by jpitney | Sep 21, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives, Violence
MATT BROWN and STEPHEN GROVES at AP: The government funding bill passed by the Republican-controlled House on Friday would add about $88 million in security money for lawmakers and members of the Supreme Court and executive branch. A temporary program that...
by jpitney | Sep 20, 2025 | Civility
Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., director of the Ronald Reagan Center on Civility and Democracy, writes at Fortune: Civility isn’t about avoiding disagreement. It’s about disagreeing well and keeping the difficult moments, whether in a work meeting or at the dinner table,...
by jpitney | Sep 19, 2025 | Budget, Congress, Presidency
Don Wolfensberger The issue of pocket rescissions may seem peripheral or even irrelevant, given the big picture backdrop of a government teetering on the brink this month. But it actually has major significance, since it raises new questions and possibilities over who...
by jpitney | Sep 18, 2025 | Dreier, Public Service
From the Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College: Thu, October 2, 2025 Dinner Program Public Service Then & Now: From Nixon to Trump David Dreier ’75 and John W. Dean III What does principled public service look like when the ground is shifting under your...
by jpitney | Sep 17, 2025 | Colorado, Local Government, Public Service
CMC alum Merrill “Skipp” Stilwell is running for city council in Littleton, CO:
by jpitney | Sep 16, 2025 | Civility, Dreier
by jpitney | Sep 16, 2025 | Civility, Congress, Debate
Yuval Levin at AEI: Most days, the outrage motivating progressives on Bluesky is about something conservatives on X haven’t even heard about, and vice versa. Politically active people are at war with caricatures of their opponents, but they are not forced to actually...
by jpitney | Sep 15, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress
Gabby Giffords and Jeff Flake at USAT: Kirk’s supporters are angry – we all are – but in this perilous moment, elected officials wield outsized influence on whether the justified anger at the assassin transforms into malice toward fellow Americans. At a moment when...
