by jpitney | Dec 5, 2023 | Civility, State Government
Schreckhise, W., Pierce, J., Benjamin, F., Lovrich, N., & Button, E. (2023). Legislative Civility, Gridlock, Polarization, and Productivity. State Politics & Policy Quarterly, 1-22. doi:10.1017/spq.2023.23 To what extent are more civil legislatures able to...
by jpitney | Dec 2, 2023 | Civility, Judiciary, Supreme Court
Evan Thomas at WP: O’Connor, who cast the decisive vote in 330 cases over 24-plus years on the court and wrote the controlling opinions on major social issues such as abortion and affirmative action, understood that power and influence should be wielded with good...
by jpitney | Nov 29, 2023 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Donald Wolfensberger at The Hill: While much is made of the “assaults and affrays” that occurred in Congress during the run-up to the Civil War, the precedents are filled with other incidents that took place during other periods in our history. Most of these are...
by jpitney | Nov 26, 2023 | Civility, Claremont McKenna College, Race
Anne Bergman at Claremont McKenna College: A dialogue to help foster an inclusive and informed community at Claremont McKenna College took place at the Athenaeum with a distinguished roster of panelists and moderated by Professor Michael Fortner. Focused on...
by jpitney | Nov 21, 2023 | Civility
Margaret Brennan of CBS:
by jpitney | Nov 18, 2023 | Civility, Polarization
John Farmer, Jr. at The Messenger: The development of social media platforms has put the Citizens United principle on steroids. Such platforms became profitable only when they began to deploy algorithms that use commercial advertising principles to amplify every...
