by jpitney | Dec 19, 2024 | Civility, Higher Education
Max Reinhart at The Detroit News Following a series of politically motivated crimes targeting University of Michigan officials, its president on Monday announced plans to establish an Institute for Civil Discourse to “strengthen debate and dialog” both on...
by jpitney | Dec 12, 2024 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Public Service
Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register: Former U.S. Rep. James Leach, who represented Iowa in Congress for 30 years as a Republican before chairing the National Endowment for the Humanities and becoming a University of Iowa professor, died Wednesday. He was 82....
by jpitney | Dec 8, 2024 | Civility, Debate, Uncategorized
At WP, Alexandra Hudson tells how Adams and Jefferson revived their friendship after their bitter break: Adams made the first move. On New Year’s Day 1812, he gifted Jefferson two pieces of “homespun,” or handmade fabric, as a token of goodwill, along with a brief...
by jpitney | Nov 30, 2024 | Civility, Dreier
Democratic strategist Michael Ceraso at The Hill: I continue to reject politics that reject people. You have to understand, my mother suffered from bipolar disorder and struggled with drug addiction to self-medicate. I was removed from my home multiple times to...
by jpitney | Nov 28, 2024 | Civility, Dreier
CMC Trustee David Dreier ’75 honored Utah Gov. Spencer Cox with the Dreier Roundtable Civility Award during a special Athenaeum luncheon on Monday. The honor “recognizes public servants who engage in a vigorous clash of ideas” while understanding that...
by jpitney | Nov 21, 2024 | Civility
Disagree Better: the 2024 Dreier Roundtable Civility Award Mon, November 25, 2024 Lunch Program Governor Spencer Cox and David Dreier ’75 In today’s world, civil discourse is the exception rather than the rule. That’s precisely why the Dreier Roundtable...
