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 | 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 | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter May 17, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, Gullibility kills. That’s the last line of Carl Sagan’s essay, “The Fine Art of Baloney Detection.” When it comes to baloney, we’re at Code Red. The list of...
by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter May 3, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, I haven’t read Ryan Holiday’s recent book, but I’ve started to suspect that this is the right time for it. The title is “Stillness is the Key.” Ryan Holiday is the...
by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter April 19, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, We’re all asking one another, “how are you holding up?” The standard response usually starts with a deep breath and includes some bad joke. We’re looking for a new approach to our standard...
