Questions of Civic Proportions: What Kind of People Would Deny Themselves Books?

I thought I had missed the setup for the joke. Two members of the Spotsylvania School Board in Virginia raised the ante on the effort to remove books from school libraries. They want to see the books burn. I have no words.

Questions of Civic Proportions: What difference does one book make?

I thought I had unlocked my superpower. When I learned to read, I participated in a program that required knocking on my neighbor's doors.

Questions of Civic Proportions: What's the Remedy for a Disconnected Democratic Life?

As our third legislative session wraps up in Texas, I have spent too much time with the never-ending scroll that goes along with staying up-to-date. We've now seen that Facebook has the evidence that our social media habits aren't helpful for our mental health. I think

Questions of Civic Proportions: Is this what a radical experiment in democracy looks like?

You may have heard a whole lot of news about Texas this week. Dark clouds have rolled in across the plains. There's shared despair, making it difficult to see any signs of our shared purpose. This time, I didn't just watch the proceedings under the capitol dome.

Questions of Civic Proportions: Can we fight loss with love?

My Fellow Citizens, In an instant, the right song has the power to transport across time and space to some past moment. On this day, there’s a song that transports me to a moment that we share. At some point in the day, every April 4th, I think “A