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National Civility Project at UVA

by jpitney | Feb 1, 2021 | Biden, Civic Education, civic virtue, Civility, Deliberation, Democracy, Polarization

A release from the University of Virginia Center for Politics Responding to President Joe Biden’s inaugural request to end the “uncivil war” in America, the University of Virginia Center for Politics is launching a yearlong national Civility Project in an effort to...

“Severely Underestimated the Threat”

by jpitney | Jan 24, 2021 | civic virtue, Civility, Democracy, Polarization, Religion

David French: On January 15, Hunter Baker, the dean of arts and sciences at Union University—a Baptist college not far from me in Jackson, Tennessee—did something exceedingly rare in our highly polarized time. He published an apology. In an essay in Public Discourse,...

Stress Test: Our Flag Was Still There

by jpitney | Jan 21, 2021 | civic virtue, Congress, Constitution, Democracy, Elections, Electoral College, History, Polarization, US Constitution

The national anthem has seldom resonated as much as it did when Lady Gaga emphasized the words “our flag was still there” and pointed to the flag on the capitol which had been attacked just a fortnight earlier. It was all balm for America’s wounded soul....

The Prime Directive of Democratic Civic Virtue

by jpitney | Jan 19, 2021 | civic virtue, Civility, Democracy

At the Niskanen Center, Brink Lindsey writes of the Prime Directive of democratic civic virtue. And what is this Prime Directive? Let’s put in bold type: Treat all your fellow citizens, regardless of their political views, as your civic and political equals.   In...

Civility Initiative in the Pennsylvania House

by jpitney | Jan 18, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Democracy, Pennsylvania, State Government

Rep. Stephen Kinsey (D-201) of Philadelphia, and Rep. Greg Rothman (R-87) of Cumberland County co-founded the new bipartisan caucus in the House of Representatives, They write at GoErie: As a Democratic state representative from Philadelphia and a Republican state...

Defending Democracy and Civility

by jpitney | Jan 17, 2021 | California Politics, Civility, Democracy, Religion

An open letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader McCarthy from the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), the California Legislative Jewish Caucus and the JCRC of Silicon Valley: The California Jewish community is appalled by the events on January 6...
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