by jpitney | Dec 20, 2019 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Polarization
On Thursday Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (“Select Committee”) passed its third round of bipartisan recommendations: “Since this committee was created, our mission has been to craft bipartisan solutions to make Congress work better for the people...
by jpitney | Dec 11, 2019 | Civility
Columnist Mary Sanchez: The point of civility is not to keep the boat steady. In his “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. warned of the pitfalls of decorum, pointedly cautioning against “the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to...
by jpitney | Dec 4, 2019 | Civility, Public Opinion, Uncategorized
A June report from Weber Shandwick: The latest installment of Civility in America, an annual poll conducted by Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate, in partnership with KRC Research, once again finds that the majority of Americans perceive incivility to be a problem in our...
by jpitney | Nov 25, 2019 | Civility, Uncategorized
George W. Bush, Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 1, 2001: Faith is also important to the civility of our country. It teaches us not merely to tolerate one another but to respect one another, to show a regard for different views, and the courtesy to...
by jpitney | Nov 19, 2019 | Civility, Uncategorized
Michael Gerson at The Washington Post: Persuasion, compromise and politeness are for losers. Do unto others as they have done unto you. And worse. Those disturbed by this attitude but not entirely sure why should read Peter Wehner’s new book, “The Death of Politics:...
