Spotted a very interesting post over at the Institute for Democratic Education in America. It started as a response to the following comment:
I used to direct an after-school program, which was housed in a public school classroom, and I tried to implement a democratic meeting with my middle school students (a diverse group in […]

A census worker I know had this to report about the waste and inefficiency in government:
Why is it that, whenever some politician yaks about wasteful government spending, they fuss over some wretched little lump of pork in the latest bill? Oh yeah, because the real problem is much more boring. But still:
When I […]

According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, the town I grew up in, Holland, MI is the second best city in the nation! (even though they lumped in those losers from Grand Haven) I haven’t lived there in 10 years, but I still make it back twice a year. I’m always surprised to […]