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It’s Our Fault
Congress is dysfunctional and it's our fault. "We the People"-voters keep re-electing the same people to Congress and Senate expecting a different outcome. Debate has been displaced by partisan disagreement.…
No Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom
It’s commencement season. Time is moving on, and across America, students are moving up and on. Whether it’s high school, junior high or kindergarten, ceremonies represent this change. What lessons…
Infrastructure – Technologies Delivering Impact and Value 2.0
Discourse surrounding U.S. infrastructure and its present state of operating capacity is dominated by substantial costs to upgrade and/or costs attributed to new construction. Either way, the issue of infrastructure…
The Magic Number
By Timothy Dodd May 30, 2017 When municipal officials are asked to develop and then report on metrics, the reactions are not always positive. Typical responses include “My department’s work can’t be…
Does Public Labeling Contribute to our Apathy and Complacency?
We are facing a self made conundrum affecting our ability to communicate with the public we serve. It is a perpetual deterioration of our capacity to correspond with and inform…
Japan’s Local Government Elderly Health Care Reforms in a Super Ageing Society: Citizen Voices
In Japan, 28 percent of its total population 126.6 million are elderly (over 65). This includes 2 million over age 90 called the “super elderly.” The Japanese government estimates that…
Sports, Politics and the 2026 World Cup
The fast-tracked joint proposal of Canada, Mexico and the United States to host the 2026 men’s World Cup (of soccer) is a positive development in the relationships between sports and…
Re-Opening the Conversation about Medicare
In terms of health policy discussions, there seems to be a “gorilla in the room” concerning how to handle the ever-closer looming insolvency of the Medicare system. Indeed, even with…
Life Question: Do You Want Health Care or Do You Want Health? Pick One
I always get annoyed when I hear about efforts to bring health care to the homeless. It’s not that anyone should be deprived of health care. But what the homeless…
Agricultural and Food Policy Updates
With much of my attention focused on the wobbly and uncertain path of the American Health Care Act as its moves through the United States Senate, I’ve had to remind…
Moral Courage: The Power of “No”
On September 11, 1972, three months after the Watergate break-in, White House counsel John Dean handed Johnnie Mac Walters, Commissioner of the IRS, an envelope. Inside were the names of…
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