Category Archives: Civility

Real Life Lessons

Posted on January 19, 2019 by John Swinburn

Let me be unkind for a moment, if you don’t mind. I feel like expressing my perceptions of a guy with whom I’ve shared space in the waiting room while lingering in anticipation of my radiation therapy. Don’t assume I’m … Continue reading →

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On Racism: I Will Miss the Obamas

Posted on January 14, 2017 by John Swinburn

A white person—especially a white man—in the United States today, try as he may, is unlikely to be capable of eliminating racism from his thought processes. Our history and the institutional racism upon which this country was built and on … Continue reading →

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Grace

Posted on October 23, 2016 by John Swinburn

An image of a hand-written letter George H.W. Bush left in the Oval Office on January 1993 for Bill Clinton has gone viral (click on image to enlarge). The letter exemplifies a flurry of shared sentiments that seem to have sparked … Continue reading →

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