by jpitney | Jun 3, 2023 | Biden, Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, Debt
President Biden: I want to commend Speaker McCarthy. You know, he and I, we — and our teams — we were able to get along and get things done. We were straightforward with one another, completely honest with one another, and respectful with one another. Both sides...
by jpitney | Jun 1, 2023 | Civility, Law
From the Federalist Society: Deborah Enix-Ross would like to see a national movement promoting civility. She has made civics, civility, and collaboration a primary focus of her term as President of the American Bar Association. Ms. Enix-Ross has taken her message that...
by jpitney | May 28, 2023 | Civility, Deliberation
This was a point made last week that I think can be generalized (and true going both partisan directions): the world as it is isn’t the world as it ought to be, and a lot of life is civilly negotiating with people you personally see as totally unreasonable....
by jpitney | May 25, 2023 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Wow Democrats just laughed at Marjorie Taylor Greene when she asked them to abide by decorum of the House pic.twitter.com/2jrLFyAEWg — Acyn (@Acyn) May 24, 2023
by jpitney | May 20, 2023 | Civility, Immigration
Kyle DUnphey at The Deseret News: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox apologized a day after he called members of Congress “imbeciles” who “can’t get their crap together” to pass immigration reform. “Just want to apologize for using a derogatory term yesterday to describe...
by jpitney | May 17, 2023 | Civility, Debate, Higher Education
Lamar Alexander at WSJ: When the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the University of California’s president denounced the decision as “antithetical” to UC’s values. Vanderbilt University’s new chancellor took a different approach. Daniel Diermeier, who was...
