by jpitney | Dec 15, 2021 | civic virtue, Civility, Journalism, Journalists
Brian Williams’s MSNBC farewell: “The truth is I’m not a liberal or a conservative. I’m an institutionalist. I believe in this place and my love of country I yield to no one. But the darkness on the edge of town has spread to the main roads and highways and...
by jpitney | Dec 10, 2021 | Bipartisanship, civic virtue, Civility
From an op-ed that Bob Dole drafted for publication after his death: I cannot pretend that I have not been a loyal champion for my party, but I always served my country best when I did so first and foremost as an American. I fought for veterans benefits not as a...
by jpitney | Nov 29, 2021 | civic virtue, Public Service, Texas
🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/CKIYE7V6v6 — Matthew McConaughey (@McConaughey) November 29, 2021
by jpitney | Nov 28, 2021 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Civility
Mike Johnson reflects on the Mayflower Compact: We need a new Compact, one that can be embraced by members of a family or by constantly quarreling political leaders; a Compact that can be embraced by church congregates and members of civic organizations; by students...
by jpitney | Nov 27, 2021 | civic virtue, Deliberation, Higher Education, Polarization
From Professor Robert George of Princeton: In recent days, our divisions have been stoked by high profile criminal cases. Viewed from the silos, the meanings of these cases seem obvious, and anyone who sees them differently must be an “ignoramus,” a “bigot,” an...
by jpitney | Nov 22, 2021 | civic virtue, Congress, Constitution, Insurrection
In Betrayal, Jonathan Karl publishes excerpts from a speech that Liz Cheney had planned to deliver on January 6: We are bound by a solemn oath, given before God, to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. We cannot comply with that oath only when it is...
