by jpitney | Dec 11, 2021 | Biden, Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress
President Biden remarks at Dole memorial service: He understood that we’re all part of something bigger than ourselves — and he really did, I felt; he really understood it — and that “compromise” isn’t a dirty word, it’s the cornerstone of our democracy. Consensus is...
by jpitney | Oct 3, 2021 | Biden, Polarization, Public Opinion
From the UVA Center for Politics: The University of Virginia Center for Politics has partnered with Project Home Fire, a new initiative dedicated to finding common ground in American politics, on an innovative new data analytics and polling project to explore the...
by jpitney | Aug 11, 2021 | Biden, Democracy, Foreign Policy
From the White House: The President has said that the challenge of our time is to demonstrate that democracies can deliver by improving the lives of their own people and by addressing the greatest problems facing the wider world… In keeping this commitment,...
by jpitney | Jul 23, 2021 | Biden, Civility, Debate
By Hannah R. Pitney I’ve been on my school’s debate team for over three years. In that time, I’ve competed in many different debate formats, and I’ve watch teammates participate in the types that I haven’t done myself. There’s Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas,...
by jpitney | Jun 23, 2021 | Biden, Bipartisanship, Civility, Democracy
“Democracy is a way of being. He understood it begins and grows in an open heart and with a willingness to work across the aisle and come together in common cause, That empathy is the fuel of democracy. The willingness to see each other as opponents, not as...
by jpitney | Apr 29, 2021 | Biden, Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress
More here: https://t.co/m1Yzm0ocTK — Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) April 29, 2021
