Ron DeSantis believes he stands in the doorway of Florida schools and other institutions, forbidding indoctrination to pass. We think he projecteth too much...

18 April, 2023

Our democracy would be hard for any of the Founders to recognize, especially Thomas Jefferson, who believed the only "safe repository" for "ultimate power" was--and is--we, the people, a conviction rooted in his fierce faith in the power of education...

08 April, 2023

They say sunlight is the best disinfectant; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been demonstrating, to a concerning degree, that artificial light can and often does have the opposite effect...

06 April, 2023

Back when civics was central to education, "vote early and often" was a good government slogan. Now we need civics early and often to restore good government once more...

08 March, 2023

"American democracy will work and reform will prove possible only if obligations join rights at center stage." So writes Richard Haass. We agree, and discuss what they should be...

04 March, 2023

So many of our current disputes between left and right ultimately come down to differing definitions of just one word: freedom. Which is not surprising because, with apologies to Kris Kristofferson, it means *everything* to lose...

15 February, 2023

Republicans know from the four years they were in power that there's no need for debt ceiling to put the US or us through the roof--solutions abound, with or without them...

14 February, 2023

ChatGPT may disagree, but artificial human intelligence continues to be a greater threat to our way of life than AI, while the real thing remains the best antidote to the potential toxicity of both...

03 February, 2023

We remember three good citizens (and then three more) who left us in body in 2022, but not in spirit, as well as the works and inspiration they left behind for us to build on...

12 January, 2023
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