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...
by jpitney | Sep 13, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Utah
Last year, Governor Spencer Cox received the Dreier Roundtable Civility Award. Natasha Korecki, Matt Dixon, Allan Smith and Jonathan Allen at NBC: At a news conference in the days after the assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah, Gov. Spencer Cox took to the podium to...
by jpitney | Jul 16, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Federalist, Madison, Polarization
Jay Cost at AEI: There are many reasons for the dramatic rise in partisanship at the end of the 1820s, mainly related to economic diversification and rapid democratization. The number of voters had more than doubled between the elections of 1800 and 1820, and while an...
by jpitney | Jul 14, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility
At With Honor, Rye Barcott reflects on the legacy of David Gergen: Leadership at its best is service to others. If this were a ranked-order list, this might be the first bullet for David’s advice on leadership, though it is also fitting as the last....
by jpitney | Jun 22, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Courage
Colette Philllips at Commonwealth Beacon: Recently, I attended the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation’s annual dinner, where former Vice President Mike Pence received the Profile in Courage Award. Pence was recognized for his actions on January 6, 2021, when he...
by jpitney | May 30, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger writes about the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA): Despite the rough and tumble party battles for committee leadership, Connolly distinguished himself by his bipartisan outreach to Republicans to co-sponsor bills that had a good chance to become law....
