Civil Discourse, Education, the Press and Democracy

I am a firm believer that in order to have a working democracy, a society needs:

• An educated populace
• A free press
• Civil discourse

Unfortunately, all three of these prerequisites have been under attack.

An Educated Populace

In order to determine who the best candidate for any given office might be, advocate for or against policy positions, and actively engage in a democracy, the populace must be an…