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Embrace Politics: Votes Count … Noise is Just Noise
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Fear is the Tool of Authoritarians
Two news stories on the same day.
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Eyes on Western Wisconsin
This past month, the Economist came to Alma to explore “The country road to the White House”.
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Sometimes, Perhaps, It All Depends
A recent headline demonstrates how difficult it is for all of us to understand those on the other side of the religious/cultural/political wall that…
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No Matter How Good the Intent, Only Results Count
Progressive policies took two hits in the last month.
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The Politics of Yes: Getting There
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“I Turned Off My News App, I Feel Much Better.”
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Eyes on Western Wisconsin
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The Diversity Difficult to Embrace: Diversity in Thought
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Protest: What Leads to Change? What Doesn’t?
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Temptation Sits By the Side of the Road ... “There Is An Opportunity”
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves Determine the Actions We Take
Two books I read recently reflect two different stories about power and change. How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm, and Rules for Radicals by…
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Temptation Sits By the Side of the Road ... “There Is An Opportunity”
The announcement by the crypto industry earlier this month that it was going to play in four U.S.
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“I Turned Off My News App, I Feel Much Better.”
A good friend who has been active for years in politics told me recently her mental health was much better after turning off the news app on her phone.
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Change: Getting From Here to There
“I dream of things that never were, and say why not.” The words of Bobby Kennedy running for president in 1968 still resonate.
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Protest: What Leads to Change? What Doesn’t?
When George Floyd was murdered on the street in Minneapolis by a policeman kneeling on his neck for nine minutes, protests against police violence…
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Did the “Swamp” Win? Or Was that Democracy in Action?
When you are certain of the rightness of your cause it is difficult to accept the fact that you just don’t have the votes.
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Call For a Civilian Truce From Seventy Years Ago
“I shall speak this evening not to divide but to unite … (I) have to admit that everything stands in the way of such a wish … almost deprived of the…
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View From A Distance
“View from a Distance” steps back and tries to connect the transitory surface agitation to the deeper currents of human nature and political, economic and cultural changes.

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