by jpitney | Jul 25, 2024 | Civility
Chris Walsh at the George W. Bush Institute: Imagine someone who believes something you find outrageous, foolish, or even dangerous. The idea of giving that person your valuable time and listening to them seems counterintuitive, but you do it. Now, despite stark...
by jpitney | Jul 6, 2024 | Civility
A man with the good sense to marry a CMC alumna shows grace and civility in defeat. Dan Sabbagh at The Guardian: “Today power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides,” a gracious Rishi Sunak declared in the small hours of Friday...
by jpitney | Jun 30, 2024 | Civility, Higher Education
Erwin Chemerinsky at MSN: As a dean of a public university law school, do I violate my students’ free speech rights when I encourage them to speak respectfully to one another, to demonstrate civility and to refrain from hateful expression? There are countless...
by jpitney | Jun 29, 2024 | Civility
Erin Alberty at Axios: In his “Disagree Better” campaign to promote civil debate, Gov. Spencer Cox praised and promoted a county official who recently was lambasted for comparing environmentalists to Al-Qaeda and calling them the “scum of the...
by jpitney | Jun 26, 2024 | Civility, Constitution, Uncategorized
C-SPAN Washington Journal: The American Enterprise Institute’s Yuval Levin talked about how the framers of the Constitution dealt with political division and how the document they created can be used to restore civility among those who disagree..
by jpitney | Jun 22, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Civic Education, civic virtue, Civility, Higher Education, Public Opinion
A new survey by The Common Good demonstrates a strong desire for a return to civility: The Common Good has been tracking national division and working to identify ways to return to greater civility and effective governance. While the results of this study demonstrate...
