There’s been much ado about the death of civility. The impassioned debate about health care reform has added a few highlight films to the archive of bad manners displayed in public places. So it might come as a surprise to some that yesterday morning’s Public Square about health care at The Times-Dispatch was intelligent, informative—and almost unfailingly polite. Given the right forum, Americans can disagree agreeably. That’s especially true in Richmond, as we’ve learned at previous Public Squares.