by jpitney | Oct 24, 2021 | Civility
J. Scott Raecker, Matt Davidson and Arthur Schwartz at The Desi Moines Register: Civility is more than being polite or avoiding conflict to simply get along. Civility doesn’t mean ignoring conflict, diversity, or difference of opinion. Rather, civility is the...
by jpitney | Jun 30, 2021 | Civil Rights, Uncategorized
By Hannah R. Pitney I have always believed that America needs more civility. During the Trump Administration especially, I thought there was a general lack of decency. I remember a moment during the first 2020 presidential debate when I thought to myself, “How is it...
by jpitney | Dec 31, 2020 | civic virtue, Civility, Religion
York Moore at Christianity Today: While my belief that civility will die a swift death in this Winter of despair, I have a hope in something greater-basic human desire. There are basic human desires that I believe will allow us to re-plant the seeds of civility once...
by jpitney | Dec 26, 2020 | Civility
Ron Harris at The Tennessean: We can boil civility down to three key steps: First, seeing one another for who we truly are. This takes understanding the factors that shape our identities – which include race and gender, but also things like age, physical and...
by jpitney | Dec 13, 2020 | Civility
Jay McCall at The Arizona Daily Star: Civility is not just speech and action in the public arena. It is daily actions and speech respecting the personhood of individuals. Civility is a service of enhancing the lives of others. It improves relationships of family,...
