Public Discourse

In spite of general disdain for some of the old fashioned virtues, the public forum would be more civilized if participants were to heed these words written by Mark Twain:

"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have these three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence to never practice either."

Mark Twain understood that having the right to do something does not always make the doing wise. Let us try to practice what he preached and, perhaps, make the world a slightly better place.