There’s a reason why public officials are called to order, not chaos.
Robert’s Rules of Order: A Primer for the Confused
There’s a reason why public officials are called to order, not chaos. Robert’s Rule of Order (RONR) is not designed to be a cudgel, nor does it exist for its own sake, but rather it exists to order and facilitate decision-making processes by those empowered to make such decisions — elected officials, unit committees, or non-profit […]
Resisting the Partisan in Local Politics
There are any number of ways to wreck how we talk about local government. Bringing the totalizing nature of political demagogues into the conversation is a great way to do precisely that.
Nothing More Odious Than Illiteracy as Policy
Is anyone else tired of stupid governing our politics? Don’t we have better things to do? One of the things that surprised me with the launch of the Fredericksburg Advance is that our politics are much more polarized than they were just 10 years ago. The number of letters were few, but pointed enough to express shock […]
COMMENTARY: Nothing More Odious Than Illiteracy as Policy
Is anyone else tired of stupid governing our politics? Don’t we have better things to do?
Resisting the Partisan in Local Politics
“It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and an usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin.” — President James Monroe, First Inaugural Address […]