Visitors to our website and readers of our blog understand that, among the issues stirring Mary’s & my passions, among the top are 1) protection/conservation of our nation’s land, sea and air, 2) protection/conservation of our natural and cultural resources via the U.S. National Park System, and 3) governing for all the people as opposed to a narrower slice.
We understand that governing in a democracy can be messy. Over the course of human history, there have been notable experiments in democracy, ours currently in process being one. Now, at the 242 year mark, many of our readers share our feelings that what we previously felt were bedrock USA values are swiftly slipping away. We’re not simply referring to just the past year; we’re referring to a steady deterioration of federal, state and local governance over the last thirty years encouraging increased money and gerrymandering creating increased polarization.
Our readers kindly send us articles they feel our readers may have missed and might find of interest regardless of their political persuasion. We’ve included the links to two that were sent to us this week as well as a link to an email we received today from Theresa Pierno, President & CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA). Thank you to all for your continuing interest and support.