by jpitney | Feb 12, 2020 | Congress, Debate, Deliberation
Yuval Levin at AEI: Members consequently use their positions to build personal brands and to excite fans and followers. But these trends have been greatly exacerbated by a further transformation that does not get enough attention: the loss of protected spaces...
by jpitney | Feb 8, 2020 | Congress, Debate, Deliberation
On February 5, Norman Ornstein testified before the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I want to offer some ideas for improving the way the House debates and deliberates, based on my five decades of observing...
by jpitney | Jan 30, 2020 | Debate, Deliberation
Joel Fox at Fox and Hounds: Listening to the raucous audience frequently interfering at last night’s Los Angeles District Attorney election debate rekindled a question I’ve thought about before– why are audiences permitted at major political debates—including...
