by jpitney | Nov 28, 2022 | civic virtue, counties, Uncategorized
Adam Seagrave at NR: {The] he most basic and decisive reason we can’t look to the national and state governments for American civic renewal is that the American experiment was always, from the beginning, an experiment in self-government. The “self” in self-government...
by jpitney | Nov 1, 2022 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Democracy
Daniel Stid interviews Kristen Cambell, CEO of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement, or PACE What do you see as the most important long-term challenge facing U.S. democracy, and what is the PACE community doing in response to it? In my opinion, the...
by jpitney | Aug 27, 2022 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Claremont McKenna College, Patriotism, Uncategorized
The American Political Science Association has just announced that Emily Pears of Claremont McKenna College has won the award for best book in American political thought. Cords of Affection: Constructing Constitutional Union in Early American History by Emily Pears...
by jpitney | May 16, 2022 | civic virtue, Civility, Coronavirus
One million Americans have now died of COVID. Australia’s death rate is only one-tenth as great. Damien Cave at NYT: In global surveys, Australians were more likely than Americans to agree that “most people can be trusted” — a major factor, researchers found,...
by jpitney | Mar 25, 2022 | civic virtue, Civility
From Washington State University: The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, domestic threats to democracy and the role young people must play in securing the future of the United States were among the topics discussed by former Sectary of Defense James Mattis during...
by jpitney | Jan 24, 2022 | Civic Education, civic virtue
Albert Cheng and Jay Greene at National Affairs: Civic education does not occur merely within the life of the school; it also occurs in homes, neighborhoods, the marketplace, religious institutions, and any other voluntary association in which individuals gather with...
