by jpitney | Dec 8, 2024 | Civility, Debate, Uncategorized
At WP, Alexandra Hudson tells how Adams and Jefferson revived their friendship after their bitter break: Adams made the first move. On New Year’s Day 1812, he gifted Jefferson two pieces of “homespun,” or handmade fabric, as a token of goodwill, along with a brief...
by jpitney | Oct 29, 2024 | Civility, Debate, Deliberation, Middle East
At Inside Higher Ed, Jessica Blake reports on a GWU debate on the Middle East: The event was co-sponsored by BridgeUSA, a student-led viewpoint diversity group; Braver Angels, a broader depolarization nonprofit; and the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a...
by jpitney | Jun 18, 2024 | Congress, Debate, Deliberation, House of Representatives
At The Washington Examiner, Ben Jacobs reports on covering the House floor for a week: It’s possible I picked a slow week. Perhaps if I sat through another week, I would witness important and substantive things happening. I doubt it, though. Instead, it often felt...
by jpitney | May 5, 2024 | Civility, Debate, Presidency
From a Los Angeles Times editorial: Debate moderators can’t hold candidates in contempt of court, levy fines or have misbehaving candidates physically removed, but they aren’t without the authority to keep participants on track. For instance, they can deal decisively...
by jpitney | Feb 10, 2024 | Debate, Deliberation, Higher Education
Samuel J. Abrams at AEI: The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s (FIRE) 2024 free expression data which captures over fifty-five thousand voices from 254 colleges and universities powerfully illustrates these critically important gender-based differences...
by jpitney | Jan 30, 2024 | Civility, Debate, Deliberation
From The Harvard Gazette: The original framework for American democracy was hammered out amid heated disagreement and rigorous debate. Now, in this period of hardening political and social schisms, what’s hampering progress isn’t that we disagree, but how we do it or...
