by jpitney | May 27, 2020 | civic virtue, Civility, Coronavirus, Public Opinion
At The Atlantic, Peter Wehner talks to social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, who acknowledges partisan polarization but notes other, more promising, signs. … Haidt pointed out that several surveys, including one in April by More in Common, show that the pandemic...
by jpitney | May 25, 2020 | civic virtue, Military
From the National Cemetery Administration: The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is committed to observing Memorial Day 2020 in a manner that honors those who sacrificed for our Nation while protecting the health and safety of visitors and our team...
by jpitney | May 23, 2020 | civic virtue, Coronavirus, Volunteering
Ryan Streeter and David Wilde at RealClearPolicy: The spirit of American volunteerism has been on display from the very beginning of the coronavirus crisis: Medical workers have flocked to virus hotspots to help; scientists are volunteering to battle the...
by jpitney | May 3, 2020 | civic virtue, Civility, Coronavirus, Presidency
A Message from President George W. Bush@TheCalltoUnite pic.twitter.com/FIn9wuOPTF — George W. Bush Presidential Center (@TheBushCenter) May 2, 2020
by jpitney | Apr 14, 2020 | civic virtue, Civility, Coronavirus
Jim Elliott at The Missoula Current: In the 1990s I would talk to people who had long memories of hard times in America. They would bemoan, even in the ‘90s, the decline of civility and unity, and inevitably they would recall their lives in the Great Depression and...
by jpitney | Apr 1, 2020 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Coronavirus
Michael Apfeldorf at the Library of Congress. In 1918, the United States faced one of the worst public health challenges in its history. An influenza pandemic – also known as the Spanish flu – infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide, killing 20-50 million...
