I remember this game we used to play in grade school. We'd ask someone: Can you guess what I have behind my back?
You never knew if it was a candy or a daddy long legs or a tick or boogers.
But the next part of the game was--Open your hands and close your eyes, and I'll give it to you. Okay?
Yeah, okay. Sure.
No peeks!
I think of that game at the beginning of the new year. Or whenever anyone is talking about the future. As if it's a hand with something I don't really want to touch but will anyhow.
In Vermont, ‘Town Meeting’ is democracy embodied. What can the rest of the
country learn from it?
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“Forced civility.” Frank Bryan, a retired University of Vermont professor
who wrote a book about town meetings, coined that term to describe the way
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[Forest Gump] Yeah, life is like a box of chocolates...[/Forest Gump]
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