In his farewell address, Washington was very clear about his top-of-mind fear for our democracy: political parties. And yet it's hard to imagine the progress we've made w/out the Ds and Rs...
Presidential transitions are normally quiet affairs. This year's, belated to begin with, promises to be long, and touch all aspects of American life as few have seen government so much as attempt...
Normally we put this issue out in early January, but this year, 2020 lasted longer than usual, all the way to December 51st. The good news is that even though 2020 seemed to go on forever, it produced many ideas and initiatives worth re-sharing...
It sounds like such a gloomy way to begin the new year, especially after the gloom-filled epithet of a year preceding. But post-mortems are actually the first green shoots, the beginning of hope...
This past month, American democracy had a near-death experience. It's clear that we need to treat not just the symptoms, but the disease, and find ways to prevent it from recurring, but how?...
If you think you’ve seen this movie before, you have. It’s not Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, though. It’s Donald Trump making baseless claims about the system being rigged...
We yearn for simplicity, we rely on small business for jobs & innovation, technology & globalization provide unprecedented opportunities for the small. And yet everywhere smallness looks to be endangered...
If George Wallace were alive today, he might well amend his infamous cry. Every part of America is diversifying, and even the birds and bees know it's essential to our future...
America has become like the lattices of an apple pie, a nation engaged in much parallel play. Where lattices meet lies both conflict and resolution, the harmony and balance between diversity and divides...
When the 1918 pandemic, the Great Depression, and the 1960s combine, we're in need of intensive care: healing must come first, before we can recover...
