This post was originally written during the Trump presidency but all of the advice in it still applies, no matter who is your opponent. These days every morning brings a new shock to the republic, as Mr. Trump and the GOP drive Americans into bigger and bigger traps. Trump’s most outrageous caper yet, the federal […]
Framing Our Climate March Messages to Persuade: September 2018
On September 8 there will be climate marches all over our planet. The date has been chosen, no doubt, in order to increase pressure on and publicity for The Global Climate Action Summit four days later in San Francisco. Here in California, Mark Baldaserre, CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California, has commented that […]
The Hope: Grass Roots Bipartisans at Work Right Now
Labor Day weekend is over, and the Election 2016 countdown is going into overdrive. We’re all going to work hard for our chosen candidates of course, but is there any realistic hope that after November 8 our national political life will move beyond the bitter, paralyzed disagreement we have now? Today the scene looks nothing […]