Civility Blog

Is the New Year the new year for only a day?  I guess it depends on how long our resolutions last.  Here we are in 2008, and the presidential election is well underway.  There have been many debates, which is good and healthy.  And as so often happens, the negative campaign ads have begun.  This is not particularly helpful, but in this country, negative ads work.

What does that say about us as a people?  I hope that in 2008 we can all resolve to conduct ourselves with a bit more civility.  Remember when you are discussing the upcoming elections and the various candidates that you can choose to either be a part of a growing civility movement, or you can choose to be uncivil.  Either way you go, it will make a difference.  The question is, what kind of difference do you want to make?   I hope you resolve to be civil, and that your resolution lasts throughout the new year!

We have perceived a growing hunger for civility in this country, and indeed have felt it ourselves. It is our belief that the hunger people feel will - sooner or later - be expressed in the voting booth. It has happened in the past, and according to the Post Star of Glens Falls, New York, it has has happened again. Those who won in recent local elections won, at least in part, on a platform of civility.

Those who are running in the local, state, and national elections of ‘08 would be wise to notice - and many of us would be grateful if they would run their election campaigns accordingly. The culture changes as the people speak. Go out and spread a little civility today!