Editor’s Column: Can we be civil?

When I was a child and got emotional or argumentative with my mother, she used to tell me, “Go to your room and

don’t come out until you can be civil.”
I complied for years before I finally understood the definition of “civil.” It’s a concept I think we all need to review in our daily interactions, and model for our own children and grandchildren.
In its simplest definition, to be civil means…