Paul Carrese on Civility


"Rising above demonization and anger? That's not for wimps. It takes moral courage and smarts." 

Paul Carrese is the founding Director of ASU's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership. For nearly two decades, he was a professor of political science at the United States Air Force Academy. His most recent book is Democracy in Moderation: Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism.   

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