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...