{"id":51798,"date":"2023-05-16T05:53:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T12:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=51798"},"modified":"2023-05-15T20:06:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T03:06:59","slug":"open-thread-may-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/05\/16\/open-thread-may-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread May 16, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Andy Borowitz was doing straight news again: “Florida Teacher Arrested for Showing Disney Movie Featuring Boy Character with Girl\u2019s Name.”<\/a> Actually, I kind of wish the news from Florida were that mild. Joyce Vance has the real details.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cartoon –<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

The 19th – Meet the women working to grow local food systems on U.S. island territories<\/a>
\nQuote – Through working on their presentation, the students learned of a national initiative … called the National Farm to School Network, and it\u2019s a nonprofit organization that works to connect local farms with school cafeterias \u2014 a model that both bolsters local food systems and provides healthier school lunches for kids \u2014 a win-win for farmers and their communities. But the network didn\u2019t reach the U.S. Virgin Islands, and [teacher Sommer] Sibilly-Brown remembers one of her students asking: If the program was national, why didn\u2019t it reach their territory? \u201cThat question has been the question that has driven my work,\u201d Sibilly-Brown said. \u201cIf we are the United States, why not here?\u201d
\nClick through for story.<\/a> Good for them. But this is another huge reason why our territories should be granted statehood. Far too much of the country thinks residents there are “not American.” And that just isn’t right.<\/p>\n

In The Public Interest – Should we talk about the government?<\/a>
\nQuote – I would also argue that some of the criticism of government\u2014from the left and right\u2013makes it harder for it to do the things that can only be accomplished if we do them together\u2013 through public action. In my book, The Privatization of Everything, I argue that, while people are understandably skeptical of \u201cgovernment,\u201d many of the things Americans don\u2019t like about government actually stem from too much corporate influence in politics. It\u2019s important we continue to make that distinction clear.
\nClick through for full discussion<\/a>.\u00a0 In a free and democratic society, the government is all of us.\u00a0 So, yes, we should talk about it.\u00a0 If you don’t provide cnstructive input, you really have no right to complain when you don’t like the result.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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