Baby Boomers are the longest living generation thus far in history, and we have seen many changes.
Party officials can work to give all their voters better choices, but that effort is meaningful only if it gets voters to the polls.
I don’t think the average person will push for reform until they understand what problems we’re facing and what solutions are practical. We’re a long way from even that baseline.
We can’t make policy choices based only on what we personally encounter. But we also know macro data is only a starting point toward functional government. Balance and perspective are essential.
Coffee. Couch. Scroll my cellphone. Next day: repeat.
This past week, my husband and I watched “Mission Pluto” on the National Geographic channel.
Last month I wrote fondly about Missouri voters placing three meaningful petition initiatives on the November general election ballot in stark contrast to Illinois, where Democratic lawmakers this spring quickly crowded the ballot with toothless advisory questions.
No health care is free, and we have to pay professional providers. Yet prevention remains a bargain too often overlooked.
We all might like government more if it weren’t populated with so many politicians.