If we are to Thrive Together in the wake of the Arizona shootings, it is absolutely essential to combine the focus on mental illness with the focus on creating healthy norms of political discourse and behavior. That means recognizing that there can't be civility without sanity, and we need both right now. To have a truly equitable, just, and thriving democracy, we must create a more perfect, sane and civil Union. We deserve no less and can no longer tolerate any less.