If you listen to some progressives–including many Christians–Donald Trump won because white people are bigoted. Trump supporters are a bunch of Christian nationalists, patriarchs, and racists, they say. As a result, we must spend the next four years doubling down […]
civility
What is going on at Dickinson College?
Michael Smerconish, a political independent who promotes civility and democratic discourse on his Sirius XM radio show and CNN television program, will no longer deliver the 2024 commencement address at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Here is Penn Live: Dickinson […]
Independent Arizona senator Krysten Sinema will not run for re-election
Perhaps the bipartisan immigration bill she worked on with James Lankford and Chris Murphy was the last straw. Watch:
Ohio Senate candidate Tim Ryan: “I have the privilege to concede this election to J.D. Vance”
He lost to Vance, but in the process he showed how democracy works. Thanks Tim Ryan. It’s a shame that we live in a country where Ryan had to say this. Watch:
Universities and the culture wars
Wesleyan University president Michael Roth‘s answer to the “culture war” is “culture peace.” Here is a taste of his piece today at Insider Higher Ed: We have often looked to schools and universities as places where inquiry and debate can […]
On “vicious political disagreement” and civic life
Here is a taste of Quinta Jurecic‘s piece at The Atlantic: Recently, pundits and journalists haveĀ tendedĀ toĀ frameĀ worriesĀ over the presence of violence in American politics as a question of whether the United States is slipping into a second civil war. There are […]