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Political Mavericks: Conscientious or Treasonous?

Submitted by Matt Motyl on Fri, 07/09/2010 - 02:34

In James Thurber’s Further Fables for Our Time, he writes the tale of “The Peacelike Mongoose.”

In cobra country a mongoose was born one day who didn't want to fight cobras or anything else. The word spread from mongoose to mongoose that there was a mongoose who didn't want to fight cobras.

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Relationships Come First: Insight from the Citizens’ Civility Symposium

Submitted by Matt Motyl on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 17:46

The Institute for Civility in Government's Citizens' Civility Symposium brought together people of all political persuasions to discuss the political process--quite civilly, I am pleased to report. While many attendees held different positions on the issues, we came to a consensus that debate in a free democratic republic should be civil.

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Perceptions of Civility in America

Submitted by Matt Motyl on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 16:29

 

A recent Zogby International poll found that 95% of Americans believe that civility is important for a healthy democracy and that citizens are "turned off" when politics become "rude and nasty." With these alarming numbers, it is no surprise that three out of four Americans believe that, "Right now, Washington is broken." This bipartisan agreement on the incivility afflicting today's politics leads us to two questions: Read more »

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