Thomas Paine Redux

After the Nov. 5, 2024 vote, we must learn to rebuild our “civic muscles” – reading and discussing local news, learning the issues at stake, getting engaged in decisions. Read More

Is Governance the Issue? Do We Care?

Our nation, according to media reports, is as divided as it has been since the Civil War. But it is hard to know what divides us. Are our agencies of government causing the problem? Or do we have conflicting understandings of what governance, the process of implementing our laws and policies, is? Do our country’s… Read More