OUR VIEWS
Civic Way promotes government reform, democracy and good government. To support our mission, we offer our own views as well as other perspectives. Explore our collection of News & Views below...
Earning Our Citizenship—Like an Immigrant
As Citizens, We Are Duty-Bound to Make Government Better Highlights: Citizens can choose among three pathways to reengage in civic life, revive their communities and…
Read MoreMaking Government Work—for All of Us
A Structured, Disciplined Approach to Improving Government Highlights: We all want good government, but we have to be willing to join those who quietly do…
Read MoreA Better America
The First Step Toward the Change We Need This is Civic Way’s commentary on the latest federal pandemic recovery debate. The author, Bob Melville, is…
Read MoreThe Unraveling State-Local Partnership
This is another commentary in Civic Way’s series on reconstructing American government, a more detailed look at the state-local issues presented in our last newsletter. The…
Read MoreAccountability for All of Us (Continued)
This is Civic Way’s third commentary on the January 6th Capitol Coup and the nation’s need for accountability. The first commentary made the argument for holding…
Read MoreAccountability for All of Us
This is Civic Way’s second commentary on the January 6th Capitol Coup and the nation’s need for accountability and healing. The first commentary focused on the…
Read MoreAccountability – The Path to a Brighter Future
This is Civic Way’s commentary on the January 6th Capitol Coup and the nation’s need for accountability and healing. The author, Bob Melville, is the founder…
Read MoreAllowing America to Hope Again
This is Civic Way’s third commentary on the 2020 election. The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government,…
Read MoreHillbilly Homage
This is another Civic Way commentary on the 2020 election. The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government,…
Read MoreWhat Happened?
This is another Civic Way commentary on the 2020 election. The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government,…
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