Silas House’s essay in The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic. com/ideas/archive/2021/08/some-americans-no-longer-believe-in-the-common-good/619856/) perfectly voiced my own sense of melancholy this morning, as I mourned the death of yet another Hemphill County citizen whom I have long admired, and whose ability to maintain her equilibrium and dignity, even in times of great turmoil, I have hoped…