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Bessette/Pitney’s AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: DELIBERATION, DEMOCRACY AND CITIZENSHIP reviews the idea of "deliberative democracy." Building on the book, this blog offers insights, analysis, and facts about recent events.

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

The Pope Comments on US Politics

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Many posts have discussed the role of religion in American life . Valentina di Donato , Madalaine Elhabbal, Catholic News Age...

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

The Polarization Problem

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Many posts have discussed partisan polarization . Shane Goldmacher and Ruth Igielnik report on a to a new poll from The New York Time...

Monday, September 29, 2025

Disappearing Data

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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street...

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Political Violence in the United States

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Many posts have discussed political violence . Daniel Byman and Riley McCabe at CSIS : The tragic killing of political commentator ...

Friday, September 26, 2025

News Consumption Across Platforms

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Many posts have dealt with news media From Pew: News consumption across platforms varies by age, gender, race, ethnicity and educat...

Thursday, September 25, 2025

News from Social Media

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Many posts have discussed social media . From Pew: Digital sources have become an important part of Americans’ news diets – with so...

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

The World According to Trump

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Trump: We stopped the conflict between Cambodia and Armenia. It was just starting and it was a bad one. There was never a war between them. ...

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