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The present possibility of civic repair
Kurt Shillinger
Traveling through the United States in the 1830s, the French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville observed, 鈥淭he greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.鈥� The weekend shooting of another U.S. citizen by federal agents in Minneapolis underscores a need for repair. As one former Minnesota Republican Party official put it, 鈥淭here鈥檚 going to be a time in which, when this is all said and done, that this state is going to have to try to heal again.鈥� A dispassionate probe may help to disarm rancor through accountability. Yet healing civic divides 鈥� the real work of making America great 鈥� is a constant possibility. Such repair begins, Abraham Lincoln noted, 鈥渨ith malice toward none, with charity for all.鈥�
