Questions of Civic Proportions: Are We All Going to Get This?

by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter

Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter March 22, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, This is a moment when we need everyone to get it. Dr. Sanjay Gupta told late-night host Stephen Colbert that he thought we were. People are starting to get this, Gupta said, “I have an...

Questions of Civic Proportions: What will be the fight of your life?

by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter

Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter March 8, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, Big announcements of Democratic candidates dropping out of the 2020 presidential race have shaped the news this week. While the media has talked for some time about a contest that quickly...

Questions of Civic Proportions: Can we avoid the dead end of despair?

by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter

Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter February 23, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, I want to share a call to arms: “Less despair. More repair.”  So says Austin Kleon, a local artist and writer here in Austin, Texas. His most recent book Keep Going wants...

Questions of Civic Proportions: What’s the danger in being dangerously uninformed?

by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter

Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter January 26, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, By now, you’ve heard discussion of the latest book about the Trump presidency. You’ve undoubtedly heard one of its key phrases, “dangerously uninformed.” But is any...

Questions of Civic Proportions for January 12, 2020

by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter

Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter January 12, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, It’s that time of year again. It might be unique to election years. Let’s all join hands or shake our fists or whatever it is you do when we join together to call for better...