Incivility and the Ryder Cup

by | Sep 29, 2025 | Civility

Bryan Armen Graham at The Guardian: By the time Europe finished the job, finally, on Sunday, the golf had the last word. But until the thrilling denouement, the lasting memory of this Ryder Cup threatened not to be a single swing of the club so much as the ugly...

Spencer Cox on the Current Turmoil

by | Sep 24, 2025 | Civility, Federalism, Presidency

Gov. Cox recently spoke with Ezra Klein: And this is the problem. We believe in just short term: If I could just this once win this election, then all of my wildest dreams will come true, and my enemies will go away forever. Or: If we win this presidential election,...

Civility in the Workplace

by | Sep 20, 2025 | Civility

Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., director of the Ronald Reagan Center on Civility and Democracy, writes at Fortune: Civility isn’t about avoiding disagreement. It’s about disagreeing well and keeping the difficult moments, whether in a work meeting or at the dinner table,...

For Argument

by | Sep 16, 2025 | Civility, Congress, Debate

Yuval Levin at AEI: Most days, the outrage motivating progressives on Bluesky is about something conservatives on X haven’t even heard about, and vice versa. Politically active people are at war with caricatures of their opponents, but they are not forced to actually...

Putting Down the Phone

by | Sep 15, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress

Gabby Giffords and Jeff Flake at USAT: Kirk’s supporters are angry – we all are – but in this perilous moment, elected officials wield outsized influence on whether the justified anger at the assassin transforms into malice toward fellow Americans. At a moment when...