by jpitney | Sep 20, 2022 | Democracy
Nathan Gardels at Noema: The winner-takes-all mentality in politics is always a losing proposition for society. Sooner or later, any practice of democratic governance that does not take into account the legitimate interests of everyone in society — not just those with...
by jpitney | Sep 5, 2022 | Democracy, House of Representatives, International Relations
From the International Republican Institute: In this iteration, Brad, HDP expert speaker and former Chief of Staff to HDP co-founder, Rep. David Dreier, shares his experience participating and leading HDP programming. What was the genesis of HDP? In the post...
by jpitney | Jul 8, 2022 | Congress, Deliberation, Democracy, Transparency
National Constitution Center’s Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy Project TEAM CONSERVATIVE By: Sarah Isgur, David French and Jonah Goldberg. Negotiation is a very difficult thing to do in broad daylight. As with our gelded political parties, Congress is weakened...
by jpitney | Jun 30, 2022 | Civility, Congress, Deliberation, Democracy, House of Representatives
From the text: One of my Democratic colleagues said to me recently that he looked forward to the day when he and I could disagree again. And believe me, I share that sentiment. Because when we can disagree again about substance and policy, that will mean that our...
by jpitney | Jun 13, 2022 | Democracy, Russia, Ukraine
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca at the Bush Institute: Vladimir Putin’s brutal, unprovoked, and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine is an affront to the basic rights of the Ukrainian people and on democracy itself. But frighteningly, the ruthlessness behind the indiscriminate...
by jpitney | Jun 8, 2022 | Democracy, Reagan
Forty years ago today, President Reagan spoke to the British Parliament: No, democracy is not a fragile flower. Still it needs cultivating. If the rest of this century is to witness the gradual growth of freedom and democratic ideals, we must take actions to assist...
