Mr. Trump’s tie symbolizes one of the central questions of his candidacy, and now his presidency. Is his seeming ineptness genuine? Or is it part of a contrived performance, designed to deploy the symbols of power while rejecting the conventions of civility that have traditionally defined and constrained them?
Feb 11, 2017
- Published in Civility, Fashion, Political Responsibilities
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As a guy who has done damage, I don’t want to do any more damage. I know what I did. I helped divide. Please don’t make the mistakes I made.
Dec 19, 2016
- Published in Civility, Communication & Rhetoric, Partisanship, Radio & television
You people were vicious, violent, screaming, 'Where's the wall? We want the wall!' Screaming, 'Prison! Prison! Lock her up!' I mean you are going crazy. I mean, you were nasty and mean and vicious and you wanted to win, right? But now, you're mellow and you're cool and you're not nearly as vicious or violent, right? Because we won, right?
Dec 16, 2016
- Published in Civility, Elections & Campaigning, Presidency
You will be our President when you read this note. I wish you well. I wish your family well. Your success is now our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you.
Oct 21, 2016
- Published in Civility, Democracy, Elections & Campaigning
Oftentimes when we think we're engaged in reasoned policy discussion we're actually engaged in complex efforts to rationalize the direction in which our tribal affiliations are pushing us.
Jan 10, 2014
- Published in Bipartisanship & Compromise, Civility, Congress & Legislation, Ideology, Partisanship, Politics
You know, just to be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it.
Sep 09, 2016
- Published in Civility, Elections & Campaigning, Ideology, Public Opinion & Polls, Race & Ethnicity
The son of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural-born citizen. The internet has all sorts of fevered swamp theories.
Jan 10, 2016
- Published in Civility, Constitution, Elections & Campaigning, Policy, Presidency, Public Opinion & Polls
Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
Jun 02, 2015
Let me be very clear: the single most offensive name that you can call an American Indian is ‘Redskin.’
Jan 22, 2015
It's about spiritual leadership. When women bring their young boys and they see women leading the prayer, they can initiate change as they grow up.
Jan 30, 2015
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