Civility on the Bench

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...

Civility at Work

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...

The Dividing Line is Incivility, Not Ideology

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...

Biden, Cox, Polis, and 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...