Principles of Civility from Duluth, Minnesota 

The Wall Street Journal praised Duluth, Minnesota’s citizens for improving its civic life by following these core principles for debating public issues:

  1. Pay attention,
  2. listen,
  3. be inclusive,
  4. don’t gossip,
  5. show respect,
  6. be agreeable,
  7. apologize,
  8. give constructive criticism, and
  9. take responsibility.

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Seib, What Duluth Can Teach America About Declining Political Civility, W.S.J. (July 30, 2018).

 

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As a retired lawyer and adjunct law professor, Duane W. Krohnke has developed strong interests in U.S. and international law, politics and history. He also is a Christian and an active member of Minneapolis’ Westminster Presbyterian Church. His blog draws from these and other interests. He delights in the writing freedom of blogging that does not follow a preordained logical structure. The ex post facto logical organization of the posts and comments is set forth in the continually being revised “List of Posts and Comments–Topical” in the Pages section on the right side of the blog.

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