Nate, afraid to say "Marty Clarke" or what? 

When I wrote my commentary about Cordwell I included direct quotes from Cordwell. If you are going to condemn Clarke (or some other un-named board member) with your proclamations about the state of civility, at least have the intellectual honesty to quote what Clarke said on this forum about board actions where Clarke was not civil.

Perhaps he did, but condemning Clarke with no supporting evidence provided seems.... well, it seems like a lack of civility on your part.

sadly the standard for civil discourse has deteriorated, probably exacerbated by social media such as forums

Well, Cordwell's lack of civility was displayed not on any social media, rather in a traditional media like a newspaper.

Regardless of all of the above, condemning someone else does not excuse Cordwell's lack of civility or whatever one chooses to call it. I call it sour grapes..