What Does Self-Determination Mean to You?
Most of us would probably agree that democracy has something to do with self-determination, although few of us might be [...]
Good Mayors: Better Citizens
Earlier this summer, Mike Kadas, who had succeeded me as mayor of Missoula back in 1996, asked me if I would join him an [...]
Landscapes of Democracy
Last week, while the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol cont [...]
Democracy as Human(e) Being
As we so deeply mourn for those killed, injured, and bereaved by the violence in Ukraine, our grief goes hand in hand wi [...]
The Search for a New Justice
President Biden is in the process of winnowing his short list on the way to nominating the first Black woman to the Supr [...]
… and to the republic for which it stands …
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation und [...]
Playing the Long Game for Democracy, Part II
Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter David Mathews The immediately preceding post in th [...]
Playing the Long Game for Democracy
The oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization on Decembe [...]
Redistricting Reform: It’s Up to Us
With the results of the 2020 census in hand, every state in the nation is now engaged in drawing new lines across its ma [...]
Being Joe Manchin
For those who haven’t seen (or don’t quite remember) Being John Malkovich, here is a thumbnail of the 1999 film’s plot: [...]
