Spencer Cox and Civility

by | May 25, 2022 | Civility, Utah

At The Deseret News, Katie McKellar reports on Utah Governor Spencer Cox: The Republican governor has been vocal about the need for more civility in today’s political landscape — even before he was sworn in as governor in January 2021. During the 2020 election, when...

Text of Cheney Speech

by | May 24, 2022 | Insurrection, Uncategorized

REP. LIZ CHENEY: “Thank you very much, Jack, and thank you to the Kennedy family. Thank you to the board of the Library. Thank you to the nominating committee and the award committee for this Profile In Courage. I just want say a moment first about Rusty Bowers and...

Civility and Decency

by | May 22, 2022 | Civility

David French writes that “civility and decency aren’t incompatible with `taking sides.’ It doesn’t require anyone to whither in the face of angry opposition. Kindness doesn’t conflict with conviction, and our commitments to kindness are biblically...

“We are Americans. Your face is American.”

by | May 21, 2022 | Asian American

Claremont McKenna College alum Julie Wong wrote this week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy.  In this scene, Dr. Nico Kim (Alex Landi), Dr. Michelle Lin (Lynn Chen) and nurse BokHee (Kathy C. An) perform surgery on an Asian American woman who was the victim of a...