by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter February 7, 2021 My Fellow Citizens, “Two Americas” has been a theme in our political discussion for decades. Headlines in January warned that a “clash of Two Americas” was real and could get worse.” That’s a tale of...
by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter January 24, 2021 My Fellow Citizens, A lot of magic happens on a successful Inauguration Day. This 59th rotationthrough the ceremonies and traditions came with a shared sense of relief after everything had seemed so...
by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter January 10, 2021 My Fellow Citizens, Listen, the United States has come unstuck in time. You might recognize this line from Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, but it matches the landscape of my mind today. U.S....
by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter December 27, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, For 2020, the end-of-year lists are holding space for the things that didn’t happen. That approach seems inevitable, of course, with vacations postponed, weddings rescheduled, and holidays...
by Shellee O'Brien | Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter December 13, 2020 My Fellow Citizens, The answer is equal parts art and democracy, but we have everything we need. The trending stories on social media continue to focus on broken norms and lost time, but there’s another...
by Shellee O'Brien | Discovery, Newsletter
Questions of Civic Proportions Newsletter November 29, 2020 Welcome to Good Hues! This is our remedy for the doom scrolling that accompanied the following of election results and court challenges. With that political moment behind us (mostly), it’s time to turn our...
