Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of July 26, 2026
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Another set of readings worth your time.
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Use this for post-date ordered blog materials to be featured on the CC-MOOS All Recent Posts section of the BI homepage AND on the more limited, Selected Recent Posts section used on the landing pages mobile versions of BI. This is the same list we use on social media for the "Selected Posts" (MBI) option.
David Eisner: Citizenship Under Friendly Fire Installment 3 -- Taking Common Aim
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David Eisner suggests we navigate his faultlines by making two mind shifts: receiving those who oppose our approach as "the loyal opposition," and saving our fire for the fight that warrants it. And we know how to do this.
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Anne Leslie: Reality is Rarely Either/or
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Anne Leslie reflects on our tendency to describe everything in binary, either-or terms, which almost always leads us astray.
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Oluwagbemiga Dasylva -- Before Institutions Fail: Civic Fragmentation as an Early Warning of Hyper-Polarization
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Both hyper-polarization and institutional failure a can reflect the same deeper problem: people losing the capacity to work through conflict, exercise agency, and shape public life together.
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David Eisner: Installment Two -- Who is the Enemy?
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Part Two of David' Eisners essay on Citizenship Under Friendly Fire, this time looking at who gets included, who gets kept out; whose knowledge counts, whose doesn’t and how these decisions can undermine the work we all are trying to do.
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David Eisner: Citizenship Under Friendly Fire - Part 1
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Many different types of people and organizations are working on civic renewal and democratic renewal. They all share the same goals, but very different notions of how to get there. And those differences cause collisions, hard feelings, and impeded progress.
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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of July 5, 2026
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Projects pulling us together, others tearing us apart. This week's news and colleague stories include both.
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July 4, 2026: an Occasion for Recommitting Ourselves to the Pursuit of the Democratic Ideal - Part 2
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Despite all its flaws and failings, democracy still offers better life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness than any other governance system. We explain why we think that--and why it matters.
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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of June 28, 2026
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Interesting and important readings for the week.
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July 4, 2026: an Occasion for Recommitting Ourselves to the Pursuit of the Democratic Ideal - Part 1
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Thoughts on history, the United States' 250th 4th of July, and democracy ("the worst form of government, except all those other forms that have been tried"). Rather than killing it off, we should try to rejuvenate it.
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