Tag Archives: civic duty
Partisan politics have no place in voting rights
Many long for the days when our two-party system tried to work for the benefit of the people of the United States. The hostility generated by party politics must stop. Our country has been polarized before and especially during and after the election of 2016. The strategy of this administration has been to divide and […]
Continue readingNeed to learn a lesson from this presidency
What does this disastrous presidency teach us? Perhaps that when Russian intelligence agencies, the NRA (of which I’m a life member), our arcane electoral college and apathy combine, these four entities produced results that satisfied about 40% of Americans. Therein lies a deeper lesson. Our Constitution envisioned an educated and engaged electorate, but only about […]
Continue readingDemocracy fails if you don’t do your civic duty
I’m starting to hear that self-defeating refrain, “I will not under any circumstances vote for X.” It’s your civic duty to vote. No candidate is going to perfectly match your special interests, but one candidate will surely be at least slightly better than the other. If you don’t carry out your duty, democracy will fail. […]
Continue readingNo thanks, David Brooks
by Ann Heitland — the opinions here may not reflect the view of all members of the County Party. We invite an alternative submission. I’m starting to hear that self-defeating refrain, “I will not under any circumstances vote for X.” Embarrassing himself, David Brooks of the New York Times wrote the morning after the second […]
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