Sustaining Democracy: How Words Matter
Gail Russell Chaddock Why this blog?
I once tried to count the number of times I had used the words “toxic” or “gridlocked” in some 30 years of daily journalism, Including a dozen years reporting on Capitol Hill. Too many. It gets tiresome and solves nothing. I started this blog to detox my own thinking about US democracy – and to encourage others to do the same. The immediate need for a fair election, an accurate census, and a more robust public health system makes this fix even more critical. One thing you learn in a pandemic: we are all related, even six feet apart. We need a democracy that works.
Why this blog?
I once tried to count the number of times I had used the words “toxic” or “gridlocked” in some 30 years of daily journalism, including a dozen years reporting on Capitol Hill. Too many. I started this blog to sustain my own hopes for democracy. Climbing White Mountains helped. So did discovering many groups already working out how to talk through difficult issues with those who do not agree. The COVID lockdowns drove many of these conversations online, accessible to all but still largely unknown. (See “Resources” on this site.) This movement is also encouraging new ways of writing about politics, outside the optic of perpetual warfare. Hence this blog. “
My Blog
South Carolina’s black voters: not a ‘firewall’ for Joe Biden
By Nonpartisan Review |
New Hampshire Primary: Crib Sheet
By Nonpartisan Review |
Senate impeachment trial: finding a path to civility, again
By Nonpartisan Review |
My Blog
South Carolina’s black voters: not a ‘firewall’ for Joe Biden
By Nonpartisan Review |
New Hampshire Primary: Crib Sheet
By Nonpartisan Review |