by jpitney | Jun 4, 2025 | Civic Education, Civility, Deliberation, Higher Education
Claremont McKenna College Commencement, Hiram Chodosh “Your traverse of the stage today is the road the world needs to follow. You prove the possible. The 64% of Americans who have lost confidence in higher education have not met you. You face and surmount the...
by jpitney | May 30, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger writes about the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA): Despite the rough and tumble party battles for committee leadership, Connolly distinguished himself by his bipartisan outreach to Republicans to co-sponsor bills that had a good chance to become law....
by jpitney | May 21, 2025 | Civility, Polarization
A Reagan Library program with Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), as they sit in conversation to discuss bi-partisanship, mutual respect, and the value of healthy conflict.
by jpitney | May 18, 2025 | Civility, Higher Education, Uncategorized
Sarah D. Sparks at Education Week: Amid increasingly divisive public discourse, civility has become a sought-after skill for colleges and universities struggling to maintain a rich set of viewpoints on campus, and for employers trying to build diverse workplaces. Now,...
by jpitney | May 16, 2025 | Civility
Michael M. Grynbaum at WP: As a young producer at CNN in the 1990s, Sam Feist spent countless hours working on “Crossfire,” one of the first cable news shows to pit partisan pundits against one another. At lunch one day, the co-host Michael Kinsley mused about an...
by jpitney | May 4, 2025 | Civility, Texas
Crayton Webb and Danielle Rugoff at the Austin American-Statesman Forty-five years ago, a group of young Texans from business, professional and academic circles came together to convene the various segments of the state in a nonpartisan, nonpolitical and...
