by D.E. Bentley – Increasingly, our sense of place, of places, is being defined not by the positive and enjoyable experiences and...
Category : Civics
Fostering Civic Engagement – using the Public Achievement Model (PA)
by Lisa Strahley and Tracy D’Arpino What does it take for democracy to work as it should? One might generate many responses to...
Social Media Conspiracy Theories
by Len Geller – In view of the fake news epidemic on social media and the larger debate surrounding fake news in our democratic...
On news, trees & sustainability
Many years ago, when I lived in downtown Ithaca within walking distance of the Commons, I had a Sunday morning ritual of walking to a...
Sacred days for workers
Opinion by Kurt Staudter “It would seem some aspects of Socialism might just be what are needed in an age of unbridled...
Here, There, Everywhere: The future of recycling
by Derrick Gentry – At one stage of childhood development, still an early diaper-wearing stage, we all learn Garrett Hardin’s...
The Monthly Read: A Lucky Man review
by Mary Drake – The Inner Life of Men ~ A review of A Lucky Man by Jamal Brinkley Some say the literary novel is dead. If this is...