Why risk it? Because we’re Americans, that’s why.
If we focus on how our freedoms can be used to benefit not just ourselves but also our neighbors and our community, we will take the calculated risk to set aside our fear and desire for complete control.
Not for profit, but for people: a wellness plan for the ’20s
Nonprofits help us live up to our collective character, fulfill our shared responsibility, and connect us to our moral core, Charlyne Berens writes.
Affliction or affection? Our civic choice is a fundamental one
As long as we share a commitment to our tried-and-true American values, we can work through the constant rebalancing that is required for us to remain one people. Trust, friendship, shared beliefs – the bonds of civic affection – can feed that rebalancing, Charlyne Berens writes.
In America, the active ingredient is us
We are not just victims of circumstance, Charlyne Berens writes.
Amid an avalanche of dread, allow goodness to snowball
If everything truly is connected, then it’s possible to start a chain reaction of good results, Charlyne Berens writes.
Out of many, one?
Charlyne Berens on managing the age-old struggle between individual liberty and the common good.
Breaking through and calling the Declaration’s bluff
The civic awakening following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis may be the breakthrough that moves our national experiment to a new level.
In the age of coronavirus, what gives?
The coronavirus infects individuals and, through them, communities. If we want our society to survive, individualism may need to temporarily take second place.
One nation, individual
A group that thrives on individualism. Sounds like something of a contradiction, doesn’t it? How can the group prosper if it’s focused on the individual? It’s something of a mind-bending […]
ReTweet after me: Twitter’s ad decision doesn’t attack free speech
On Wednesday, the social media platform Twitter decided to stop accepting political advertising. And by Thursday morning, the cry that Twitter was violating its users’ right to free expression was […]
