by jpitney | Jan 1, 2025 | Civility, Uncategorized
In 2000, Presidents Ford and Carter spoke with Tim Russert about civility:
by jpitney | Dec 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
The 2024 Newsweek-Stubblefield Institute Civility Awards Congratulations to the 2024 Winners Lifetime Achievement Sen. Debbie Stabenow Sam Feist, C-SPAN Federal Elected Officials Sen. Shelley Moore Capito Sen. Chris Coons Rep. Brendan Boyle Rep. Young Kim State &...
by jpitney | Dec 15, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Newspapers, Uncategorized
Marc Caro at Poynter writes about “ghost newspapers” — publications that nominally continue to exist but have lost most or all local news reporting. While the nation’s ever-widening news deserts have drawn much attention, the ghost papers represent...
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 | Nov 9, 2024 | Democracy, Madison, Uncategorized
Nathan Gardels at Noema: To base the idea of democracy solely on elections invites illiberalism because it implies that majoritarian rule is all that is necessary. But, as the American founding fathers well understood, the will of the majority does not embrace all...
by jpitney | Oct 31, 2024 | Civility, Dreier, Uncategorized
Governor Jared Polis of Colorado recently received the Civility Award from the Dreier Roundtable.
