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A Bipartisan Call for Saving American Democracy and Forgiving Those Who Would Destroy It This newsletter introduces a brief series of essays on America’s current political climate. This series includes an analysis of the growing extremism of some Republican leaders, an assessment of the (thus far) tepid Democratic response and some promising ideas for restoring…

Overcoming the Last Gasp of the Lost Cause This is Civic Way’s third commentary on Critical Race Theory (CRT), the campaign to discredit it and the need for a more constructive approach to eradicating bias. We discussed the political weaponization of CRT in our last commentary and introduced the CRT topic in our last newsletter.…

Exposing the Latest Diversionary Tactic in the Fight Against Racism This is Civic Way’s second commentary on Critical Race Theory, and the campaign to discredit it. In our last newsletter, we introduced the issue of Critical Race Theory. Here, we discuss in more detail how Critical Race Theory has been weaponized as part of an…

How Demonizing Critical Race Theory Allows Us to Ignore the Stain of Racism This newsletter is about the most recent political weapon for dividing Americans and resisting civic progress—Critical Race Theory. Catapulted from obscurity to celebrity in the latest culture war skirmish, Critical Race Theory has become a potent (and lucrative) diversionary tactic for avoiding…

This is Civic Way’s commentary on Cancel Culture, the latest political battleground paralyzing our nation. The author, Bob Melville, is the founder of Civic Way, a nonprofit dedicated to good government, and a management consultant with over 45 years of experience improving governmental agencies across the US.