Musings of a Reluctant Political Advocate
Thoughts to bridge the political divide
On the first Saturday of each month, the citizen advocacy organization called RESULTS holds their monthly national webinar. I attended this month’s meeting and heard the webinar’s guest speaker, Sam Daley-Harris talk about his new book Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Continue Reading …
On September 20, 2020, I read a column by the conservative columnist David Brooks titled “No, the Democrats haven’t gone over the edge”. I’ve been thinking about that column ever since. In the column, Brooks wrote, “As Jonathan Rauch of Continue Reading …
Before I talk about why conservatives don’t support the Reach Act, I want to share why I’m writing this blog post. The annual RESULTS International Conference will convene in just over two weeks. For the first time in four years, Continue Reading …
September 11, 2001 I remember waking up on September 11, 2001 to the radio reporting that a plane had struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. My wife and I turned on the TV Continue Reading …
Can one average citizen change Congress? No. But can one politically engaged citizen change Congress? Yes. One Person Cannot Change Congress I attended one of the town hall meetings my representative in Congress, Rep. George Miller, held today. It was Continue Reading …
Most certainly Yes! It’s been over a year since I last posted in this blog, but I readan e-mail yesterday that motivated me to post tonight. Before I write about that e-mail though, I want to quickly tie some loose Continue Reading …
On Monday, I got my first (and so far, only) contribution to RESULTS. A member of my scuba diving club contributed $100. After making his donation, he told me something about the donor page I wasn’t aware of. Clicking the Continue Reading …
It’s amazing how fast time moves sometimes. In my previous post I wrote I hoped to post again in two or three days and include a link to my RESULTS contribution page. Well, due to multiple technical issues and shifting Continue Reading …
It’s been quite a while since I last posted and I’m afraid to let much more time pass, so I’m writing what will probably be a ramble rather than a carefully thought out and edited essay. Another difference is that Continue Reading …
It’s been quite a while since I wrote the last post, so I’m writing this one before another month passes by. Since it’s still January and this is my first post of 2012, I’d like to look back at what Continue Reading …