Why Not Make Richmond the Capital of Reconciliation?

"Why Not Make Richmond the Capital of Reconciliation?" asks Tom Silvestri, president and publisher of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in an April 25 commentary on Rob Corcoran’s book Trustbuilding. Alluding to the recent furor over the Virginia Governor’s proclamation of Confederate History Month which failed to mention slavery, Silvestri writes: “Rob Corcoran’s book about trust could not have arrived at a better time. It packs a powerful resolve for us not to let a boneheaded blunder at the state level rob this city of the progress it’s making on race and on intelligently confronting the issues that divide us…..Read Trustbuilding. It will restore your faith that Richmond can be the bastion of respectful listening and dialogue, a hometown full of courageous conversations."