Civility 101
In light of my excess last week regarding political pundit Keith OIbermann, I’ve been spending a little more time reading up on civility. According to an excellent little volume, Choosing Civility, by P.M. Forni, “Civility’s defining characteristic is its ties to city and society. “The word derives from the Latin civitas, which means ‘city,’ especially in the sense of civic community. Civitas is the...
November 30, 2010