by jpitney | Mar 22, 2022 | Deliberation, Russia, Ukraine
At PolitiFact, Angie Drobnic Holan explains what Governor Schwarzenegger did write in his message to the Russian people. Start in a friendly way. Schwarzenegger doesn’t address the hardest thing first. On the contrary, he begins the video by thanking “my dear...
by jpitney | Mar 14, 2022 | California Politics, Deliberation, Democracy, Mexico
Nathan Gardels at Noema: Until 2000, the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) won every presidential election for some 70 years. This led the Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa to mock Mexico as “the perfect dictatorship,” which perpetuated one-party rule through...
by jpitney | Feb 3, 2022 | Civility, Deliberation
America Talks: America Talks: is a powerful event that invites Americans to connect via video across our political divides. Thousands of Americans joined these conversations in 2021, and our work continues in 2022. America Talks is powered by My Country Talks, an...
by jpitney | Feb 1, 2022 | Congress, Deliberation, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
John D. Rackey, Lauren C. Bell, and Kevin R. Kosar at The Washington Post: In ournew research, we collect and code every identifiable witness who appeared before every standing committee in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1971 and 2016, accounting for...
by jpitney | Jan 31, 2022 | Congress, Deliberation, House of Representatives
Jerry Hartz and colleagues at The Hill: On the committee front, we note that, contrary to popular belief, the House is holding a historically low number of hearings compared to the previous 40 years. That has led to five times fewer witnesses being called in today’s...
by jpitney | Jan 5, 2022 | Congress, Deliberation, Senate
James Wallner at R Street Institute reflects on Harry Reid: Reid’s skill as a leader allowed him to essentially eliminate genuine deliberation on the Senate floor while ensuring that the Senate still legislated, a balancing act that his successors have struggled to...
