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In Defending Hegseth Against Democratic Attacks, Senate Republicans Are Long on Outrage -- but Short on Memory Jan. 16, 2025
SAN DIEGO — There has been a lot of talk lately about the need to return respect and civility ... Read More
Why Republicans Jeer Feb. 10, 2023
Once a year, a president holds a campaign rally his opponents are expected to attend. It's called th... Read More
Old-Fashioned Civility Feb. 09, 2023
The president didn't seem to mind. When Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene couldn't restrain herself from c... Read More
Democrats Want a 'Return to Civility'; When Did They Practice It? Part 2 Feb. 04, 2021
Last week, we covered the challenge President Joe Biden faces in his supposed quest to return to an ... Read More
There Is No Return to Normalcy Nov. 13, 2020
The day after the secretary of defense was fired is not a great time for the secretary of state to j... Read More
It's Time to Elect Civility Nov. 05, 2020
Looking out the windows today, the skies are blue, but it's eerily quiet. In Washington, D.C., where... Read More
It's Time to Elect Civility Nov. 05, 2020
Looking out the windows today, the skies are blue, but it's eerily quiet. In Washington, D.C., where... Read More
Saying Goodbye in a Changing World Sep. 06, 2019
Saying goodbye is never easy. Every school child quotes "Parting is such sweet sorrow" from "Romeo a... Read More
Here's to a New Year Filled With Civility and Less Crime Dec. 22, 2018
Professor P.M. Forni, 67, died earlier this month in Towson, Maryland. He was born in Bologna, Italy... Read More
Yes, Democrats, It's a Mob Oct. 12, 2018
Former Attorney General Eric Holder believes that Michelle Obama was wrong when she famously advised... Read More
Don't Look for Civility Unless Democrats Win in November Oct. 12, 2018
"You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care ... Read More
Trump Hatred, a Consuming Virus Aug. 10, 2018
It's ironic that the loudest of Trump haters routinely breach the very civil standards of decency th... Read More
Colleges: A Force for Evil Aug. 08, 2018
Many of the nation's colleges have become a force for evil and a focal point for the destruction of ... Read More
Do You Really Want America to Look Like Twitter? Jun. 29, 2018
It looks as if the next phase of our ginned-up national moral panic will feature the public shunning... Read More
Let's Not Confuse Civility With Surrender Jun. 27, 2018
Before I sat down to write this column about what it means to be civil in today's political climate,... Read More
Quote the President, and Skip the Asterisks Jan. 17, 2018
This week marked the beginning of the spring semester at Kent State, where I teach journalism as a p... Read More
One (Restrained) Cheer for Washington Apr. 15, 2017
We've all heard the tiresome and discouraging refrain: Washington, our beautiful capital city, is br... Read More
Want More Civility? Try Less Power. Apr. 13, 2017
Earlier this week, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and now-deceased Justice Antonin Scalia... Read More
They Just Steal Your Money Sep. 26, 2016
When a town near the city where I work as a reporter began considering a vote to authorize civic imp... Read More
Whoa to Our Runaway Tongues Oct. 15, 2014
In May 1997, I was a reporter assigned to interview spiritual author Deepak Chopra, who upon meeting... Read More
