by jpitney | Jan 28, 2026 | Civility, Colorado, Judiciary, Law
Michael Karlik at Colorado Politics The Colorado Supreme Court’s Civil Rules Committee overwhelmingly rejected a proposal last week to create an enforceable “civility code” for lawyers and legal paraprofessionals, which would allow judges to quickly impose corrective...
by jpitney | Jan 18, 2026 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Mike Johnson on Steny Hoyer’s retirement announcement: Voters hold the key to the future, of course. They can change the dynamics that have disabled representative democracy and restore the balance of power among the branches of government. But voters today lack...
by jpitney | Jan 3, 2026 | Civility, Local Government
From the Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech: The majority will not use the language that we often expect from those who wield influence. I welcome the change. For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask...
by jpitney | Dec 27, 2025 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Annie Grayer, Molly English, and Alex Leeds Matthews at CNN: Rep. Michael McCaul — who is retiring after two decades in the House, where he has served as chairman of the Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs Committees — told CNN that Congress has changed for the...
by jpitney | Dec 21, 2025 | Civility, Polarization
On her “Reasonably Optimistic” podcast, Megan McArdle recently interviewed Colorado governor Jared Polis. ( The Dreier Roundtable gave him its Civility Award this past year.) At 31:20, the governor discusses civility and his friendship with Utah’s...
by jpitney | Dec 15, 2025 | Civility, Technology
Jonathan Martin at POLITICO: While he first drew widespread national attention for his remarks after the Kirk killing, Cox has been aggressive as governor: Utah is suing Snapchat, has banned phones in classrooms and is now, I’m told by a source close to Cox, crafting...
