Appreciate our blessings; understand our responsibilities
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” is an important reminder of why America rejected kings.
All posts tagged: Democracy
Pearl Harbor and the ongoing fight against fascism
Remembering the date that will live in infamy is as important now as it has ever been.
Our endless and proper work
As our country goes through troubled times, how will we stand up for the least among us?
Systemic change only occurs after acknowledging a systemic problem
Tech leaders do not have the mandate or the ethics necessary to govern so much of our societies.
Deep in our Age of Folly
Lewis Lapham eloquently called us to put the wisdom of the past at the service of the present.
If you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain
Historian Lindsay Chervinsky on why voting matters.
Legitimacy lost
The NYT on the chief justice’s effort to blow up the legitimacy of today’s Supreme Court.
Looking away from a very old threat
Jamie Raskin’s searing memoir of enduring the pain of trauma to seek the truth.
Using government to help ordinary people
Joe Biden’s work to reclaim our democracy is often overlooked by today’s media.
Wrapping government and religion together never ends well
Understanding the movement to dismantle democracy helps us in fighting for our rights.
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