civility

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 16, 2020
Economics}

Christopher Rufo with Reihan Salan for Manhattan Institute’s Young Leaders Circle

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 16, 2020
Economics}

On September 16th, Manhattan Institute president Reihan Salam interviewed City Journal contributing editor Christopher Rufo who has established himself as an authority on the negative consequences of sometimes well-intentioned progressive policies designed to address homelessness, opioid addiction, incarceration, and other urban problems. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
August 14, 2019}

Woodstock 50 Years Later: An Eyewitness Account

_{Scott S. Powell
August 14, 2019}

The 50th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival prompts many to reminisce about the extraordinary gathering of musical talent and idealism associated with that event. It more than lived up to its promotional billing as “three days of peace and music.” Read More ›

^{Bruce Chapman
June 26, 2019
Citizen Leadership}

We Need to Bring Back Real Debates in America

_{Bruce Chapman
June 26, 2019
Citizen Leadership}

The televised Democratic presidential sound byte pageants will not be true debates by any realistic standard. They are reminiscent of the 2016 Republican primaries that started with 16 candidates preening on a platform and enduring “gotcha” questions by reporters/moderators trying to get themselves into the news story. Until the nominee field narrows, these shows are almost a parody of real debates in the Lincoln-Douglas or Oxford Union manner. That’s too bad. We need to bring back real debates in America, and not just among candidates. Name the issue (climate change, foreign interference in our elections, abortion, immigration, tariffs, privacy online, the future of artificial intelligence, the meaning of “free speech,” whatever): Americans are badly divided. Since media and politicians often operate in inward-looking communities, they tend to ignore or distort views that differ from their own. In this environment, mere calls for greater civility don’t work. What can work is facing issues straight on and together. Read More ›

Careful businesswoman listening to colleague at workplace

^{Casey Luskin
November 13, 2009
Intelligent Design}

Let’s Restore Civility to the Debate on Evolution and Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
November 13, 2009
Intelligent Design}

We commonly see one side depicting the other as not only wrong, but as unreasonable, irrational, or immoral. As a result, two terms are presently in vogue to describe those who question scientific ideas: “Skeptic” and “Denier.” Read More ›

This is a 44 image HDR panoramic image of the Capitol building. This has been downsampled to 4k width so that it’s not stupidly large.I’m playing around with HDR panoramas at the moment and this one turned out pretty well.

^{Richard Rahn
January 15, 2002
Economics}

Why Is the Level of Discourse So Low?

_{Richard Rahn
January 15, 2002
Economics}

Discussion of economic policy matters among politicians has sunk almost to the level of a frat house food fight. There are several reasons for this sorry state of affairs. First, there is an appalling level of ignorance among many political leaders about economic fundamentals. For instance, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle recently blamed the recession, in part, on the president’s Read More ›