by jpitney | Dec 25, 2021 | Civility
A 2017 editorial in The Detroit News is more relevant than ever: Americans are closing out one of the most divisive and bitter years in modern history. Political passions are burning brighter than the holiday lights. We’ve surrendered to hatred, our discourse is angry...
by jpitney | Dec 24, 2021 | Civility, Montana, State Government
AT KTVH, Dennis Bragg speaks with retiring Montana lawmakers: Even with different political perspectives, there was a feeling that civility at the State Capitol is in decline. “Right now, I think our society isn’t really in agreement about who we are as a...
by jpitney | Dec 20, 2021 | Bipartisanship, civic virtue, Civility, Congress, Uncategorized
Patricia Murphy at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: If a single moment epitomizes the legacy of Johnny Isakson, it came on the day in 2019 after the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis spoke in Isakson’s honor. Lewis, the longtime Georgia Democrat, had spoken of his admiration...
by jpitney | Dec 17, 2021 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: Despite pressures from the House Democrats’ Progressive Caucus, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has resisted demands to remove Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) from her committee assignments on Budget and Natural Resources. …...
by jpitney | Dec 15, 2021 | civic virtue, Civility, Journalism, Journalists
Brian Williams’s MSNBC farewell: “The truth is I’m not a liberal or a conservative. I’m an institutionalist. I believe in this place and my love of country I yield to no one. But the darkness on the edge of town has spread to the main roads and highways and...
by jpitney | Dec 12, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
A release from the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (“Modernization Committee”), on passing its second set of recommendations in the 117th Congress. The slate of recommendations focuses on enhancing civility and collaboration among members of...
