by jpitney | Mar 17, 2024 | Civility, Judiciary, Supreme Court
Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst at AP: With the Supreme Court’s approval hovering near record lows, two justices have teamed up to promote the art of disagreeing without being nasty about it. In joint appearances less than three weeks apart, Justices Amy Coney...
by jpitney | Mar 12, 2024 | Civility, Religion
by jpitney | Mar 7, 2024 | Business, Civility
From SHRM: SHRM 2024 research shows the disturbing trend of incivility in today’s workplaces, ultimately impacting workplace wellbeing and employee retention: Two-thirds of U.S. workers (66%) experienced or witnessed incivility in the workplace over the...
by jpitney | Mar 6, 2024 | Civility, Elections
Chris Stirewalt at The Dispatch: We could debate how much the Tea Party movement was astroturf (at least some) or how much of it was anti-Obama xenophobia (more than its defenders would like to admit), but there’s no doubt that people like [Ken] Buck were utterly...
by jpitney | Feb 26, 2024 | Biden, Bipartisanship, Civility
Darlene Superville at AP: President Joe Biden and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox disagree on many issues but they were united Saturday in calling for less bitterness in politics and more bipartisanship. “Politics has gotten too personally bitter,” said Biden, who has practiced...
by jpitney | Feb 23, 2024 | Civility, Higher Education, Middle East
Pro-Palestine protesters at the University of Puget Sound shut down a speech by Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA). The topic of his planned speech? Civility....