Nominations

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I nominate Arthur C. Brooks as an example of civility. Click on the photo below to read his article on Hank Newsome of the Greater New York chapter of Black Lives Matter and how we can bridge the divide.

Credit: Rex Features, via Associated Press

-StrangeThingInTheLand


I nominate Zeynep for this opinion piece which thoughtfully includes a counter argument for the reader’s consideration.

-Ozymandias


I would like to nominate the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an example of civility. This article, among others, highlights her ability to have productive discourse with her peers, in spite of disagreements and to even cultivate friendships that some would deem unlikely.

Official portrait, 2006, public domain

-Locke