by jpitney | Aug 19, 2024 | Civility, Religion
Colbert King at WP: My thoughts return to the theme of Washington National Cathedral’s forum, “With Malice Toward None, With Charity for All: Reclaiming Civility in American Politics.” How does the nation spend the next three months until Election Day? At the...
by jpitney | Aug 14, 2024 | Civility, Deliberation, Higher Education, Middle East, Uncategorized
CMC Professor Gary Gilbert at Inside Higher Ed: I am suggesting the need to inculcate an obligation to engage, to find ways that members of an academic community can create room for discussion, built on questions rather than conclusions. Anything that promotes...
by jpitney | Aug 11, 2024 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Civility, Higher Education
Former Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) — now president of the University of Texas at El Paso — writes at The Austin American-Statesman: Universities should do more to restore the institutions that matter most by encouraging and requiring students to serve...
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...
