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

May 11, 2021

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…

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Making Government Work—for All of Us

May 11, 2021

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…

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A Better America

May 11, 2021

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…

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The Unraveling State-Local Partnership

February 1, 2021

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…

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Accountability for All of Us (Continued)

January 25, 2021

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…

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Accountability for All of Us

January 25, 2021

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…

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Accountability – The Path to a Brighter Future

January 25, 2021

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…

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Allowing America to Hope Again

January 25, 2021

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,…

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Hillbilly Homage

January 25, 2021

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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What Happened?

January 25, 2021

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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