by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter June 28, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, Aimee Stephens answered so many questions in the last seven years of her life. In one of many interviews, she shared the first questions she remembers fielding—are you willing to see this...
by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter June 14, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, The data is in: we’re buying the books. You might have even seen the screenshot circulating as a sign of hope. The top non-fiction titles on the New York Times Bestseller list are all...
by Shellee O'Brien | Quotes, Thinking Together
Quotes to Think By: Dr. King and the Need for Creative Extremists What principles motivate our extremism? What can we make of a world on fire? That question gave shape to a recent Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter. There was another question in the...
by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter May 31, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, There’s one phrase that keeps shouting at me over all the images of the protests. The phrase comes from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book, Between the World and Me (2015). Reflecting on his...
by Shellee O'Brien | Quotes, Thinking Together
Quotes to Think By: Tom Nichols and Our Coming Unmoored from Facts The danger in being dangerously uninformed Uninformed people elect uninformed leaders. Shaming people for their inattention or lack of information doesn’t do much to help them see the dangerous...
