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...
by jpitney | Nov 17, 2023 | Civility
Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Colorado Governor Jared Polis did an interview with Colorado Public Radio: Well, I think that gets to a big question I have about this effort, which is when you talk about disagreeing better, is it alighting the fact that, for many...
by jpitney | Nov 15, 2023 | Civility, Congress, Senate
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien challenged each other to a physical fight during the Senate HELP Committee with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) having to step in. Sanders repeatedly attempted to break them up: “You’re a...
