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Hamilton column: Summing up democracy (S)ometimes, it’s helpful to step back and take stock of what we’ve learned over the course of our history. Written By: Lee H. Hamilton | 10:00 am, Apr. 23, 2021 × Lee Hamilton It’s so easy, in the course of our day-to-day lives, to get caught up in the political preoccupations of the moment. What’s the Senate going to do about the filibuster? How should infrastructure money be spent? Is the country going to come out of this y...

Hamilton column: Summing up democracy (S)ometimes, it’s helpful to step back and take stock of what we’ve learned over the course of our history. Written By: Lee H. Hamilton | 10:00 am, Apr. 23, 2021 × Lee Hamilton It’s so easy, in the course of our day-to-day lives, to get caught up in the political preoccupations of the moment. What’s the Senate going to do about the filibuster? How should infrastructure money be spent? Is the country going to come out of this y...

It’s so easy, in the course of our day-to-day lives, to get caught up in the political preoccupations of the moment. What’s the Senate going to do about the filibuster? How should infrastructure money be spent? Is the country going to come out of this year as badly divided as it started? These and many other questions matter a lot—but sometimes, it’s helpful to step back and take stock of what we’ve learned over the course of our history. I’ve been thinking about t...

Progress is the moral arc of America Lee Hamilton Its so easy to get caught up in the political preoccupations of the moment. Whats the Senate going to do about the filibuster? How should infrastructure money be spent? Is the country going to come out of this year as badly divided as it started? These and many other questions matter a lot. But, sometimes, its helpful to step back and take stock of what weve learned over our history. Ive been thinking about this because Ive been reading Jon Meac...

Mark Jenkins I was Christmas shopping in a Wyoming store recently where everyone was wearing a mask, patrons and clerks, except for one tall cowboy. A clerk knew the man and asked him in a friendly way why he wasn’t wearing a mask. His response: “Because I’m not scared of some tiny little virus.” To the clerk’s credit, she responded that wearing a mask was more for the protection of others than for yourself. The cowboy took offense and stalked out of the sto...