by jpitney | Sep 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
First Annual Dreier Roundtable Civility Award and a Bipartisan Conversation on the Future of American Political Parties Wed, September 22, 2021 Dinner Program Steve Bullock ’88 P’24 and David Dreier ’75, panelists; Jack Pitney, moderator In today’s...
by jpitney | Jul 25, 2021 | Appropriations, Bipartisanship, California Politics, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in honor of former California Congressman Jerry Lewis. Below are the Speaker’s remarks: Speaker Pelosi. Thank you, Mr. Calvert, for calling this Special Order in honor of our former...
by jpitney | Jul 16, 2021 | Civility, Congress, Uncategorized
Rep. Ken Calvert: Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) issued the following statement on the passing of former Congressman Jerry Lewis, who served as Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and represented the Inland Empire region in the House of...
by jpitney | Jun 30, 2021 | Civil Rights, Uncategorized
By Hannah R. Pitney I have always believed that America needs more civility. During the Trump Administration especially, I thought there was a general lack of decency. I remember a moment during the first 2020 presidential debate when I thought to myself, “How is it...
by jpitney | Jun 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Nils Gilman at Noema: Popular concern with historical memory is a characteristic mark of a polity undergoing a transition from one era to another. As the Chinese-born Anglo-Irish political scientist Benedict Anderson observed in his classic “Imagined...
