General Discussion

democracy difficult and slow. One group led an online book discussion of Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny. We're trying to figure out how to be helpful to the most vulnerable and are organizing. I find that the action has erased depression and filled me with resolve, and I suspect the others feel the same way.

I read and follow people who are activists working in various areas to 1) save everything we can, and 2) slow down the destruction everywhere we can. Public education is one focus. I'm in Texas and the Republican legislature is going to try hard to give public money to private education. There are lots of people who believe in public schools and we plan to increase their knowledge of what the legislature has planned, and work to ensure they weigh in. Maybe we can't stop it since the Republicans have a supermajority, but perhaps we can keep it from being wildly corrupt and a sinkhole for our tax dollars.

To quote Jack Hopkins, "We were made for this time."