Category: The Middle Ground
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The Select Board Shrug: How Local Politics Erodes Trust in Governance
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The corrosion of trust doesn’t start in Washington – it starts at the town hall… My town, where I’ve spent all but a few years of my life, is still a town. We’re not a city and we don’t have councilors or representatives. We hold Town Meetings, vote on articles…
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Why We Need to Refocus on Reason…
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Common sense, once the guiding principle of everyday decision-making and public discourse, seems to be in its death throes. We live in an era of information overload, ideological extremism, and a growing detachment from objective reality. Rational thought and practical wisdom have taken a backseat to sensationalism and tribalism. The…
