by jpitney | Apr 26, 2023 | Civility, Debate, Deliberation
Living solely in a political bubble/echo chamber makes us bad at debate and persuasion. This problem used to be more prevalent on the left. Today, it’s a bigger problem on the right. Watch @RadioFreeTom & me discuss that problem👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/FW9FvIhYU5...
by jpitney | Apr 6, 2023 | Civility, Debate, Deliberation
In an Education Week piece reposted at AEI, Frederick M. Hess speaks with Pedro Noguera, the dean of the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. Rick: When I look at think tanks or universities, these are supposed to be places where folks like...
by jpitney | Oct 30, 2022 | Debate, Elections
Scott Simon at NPR: This used to be the season of the World Series, fake cobweb decorations, and candidate debates. The first two are holding strong, at least at my house. But the 2022 midterm elections have come up short on political debates. FiveThirtyEight, the...
by jpitney | Oct 19, 2022 | Congress, Debate, Elections
Lisa Lerer and Jazmine Ulloa at NYT: Candidates for senator or governor routinely used to participate in two or three debates. Now some are skipping them altogether. Retail politicking at diners and state fairs is no longer the cliché it was for generations....
by jpitney | Oct 13, 2022 | Debate, Elections, Electoral College
Resolution: This House Should Abolish the Electoral College Thu, October 13, 2022 Dinner Program Aditya Pai ’13 and Ilan Wurman ‘09; moderator, Nohl Patterson ’22 In November 2016, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election...
by jpitney | Jul 31, 2022 | Congress, Debate, Deliberation, Senate
Trent Lott and Tom Daschle at The Hill: First, the Senate should return to old norms for considering legislation. Filibusters, which date back to America’s earliest days, grew more common in the 19th and 20th centuries, prompting the Senate to adopt rules to end...
