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As I See It: Let’s Talk about Fixing Our Democracy

December 28, 2021

In this column, Society President Jim Norman says it is clear to him that Americans are faced with a four-way choice related to the grave threats to our country’s democracy.
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America, the Exceptional Nation: Are We, Should We Be, Can We Be?

September 26, 2020

Today, our exceptional nation is put to the test, but what we are experiencing now, however trying, may lead to the maturation of American society. In this column, leader Joe Chuman says our exceptionalism may be rooted in the ability of America to renew itself.Read More

Out of Disaster, Good Things Can Happen

May 4, 2020

Although humanity is experiencing a disaster of global proportions during the Covid-19 pandemic, we have no choice but to look to the future and work to ensure that things get better on many fronts, says Leader Joe Chuman in his May 3 platform.Full Platform Address

Stitching Together the American Fabric

February 24, 2020

Tribalism, the enormous wealth gap in our society, and social isolation make people more prone to demagogic appeals to scapegoating as a malignant way to spur solidarity among the alienated.Read More

When the Political Becomes Personal: Despair and Hope in Trying Times

December 21, 2019

For some, the erosion of traditional moorings that have sustained our political environment is manifested in personal anger, anxiety, and despair. But despair cannot be an end point. In the Jan. 5 platform address, Joe Chuman will discuss prescriptive actions.Read More

What Is Democracy and How Can We Reclaim It?

October 22, 2019

In his talk “What is Democracy and How Can We Reclaim It?”, Prof. Michael Thompson of William Paterson University took his audience back to a special time and place in history–Athens in 508 BC. He described the formation of the first democracy recorded in history, and democracy’s essential attributes.
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