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Embrace Politics: Votes Count … Noise is Just Noise
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July 2024

Fear is the Tool of Authoritarians
Two news stories on the same day.
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June 2024

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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May 2024

April 2024

No Matter How Good the Intent, Only Results Count
Progressive policies took two hits in the last month.
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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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March 2024

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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February 2024

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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January 2024

November 2023

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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