Short Read of the Week for November 11, 2021

From a group of eight very strong articles, and after a great discussion, this morning we made the unanimous decision to recommend two articles. The first — the one thing you should read this week if you don’t read anything else — is this alarming news, which should serve as a clarion call to people of good will in our county:

Newberg school board fires superintendent as tensions heighten over ban on political symbols
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/newberg-school-board-fires-superintendent-as-tensions-heighten-over-ban-on-political-symbols/ar-AAQxJoC
[our copy here]

We also chose to recommend this reminder of the incredible value of our clear-headed military leadership on this Veterans Day. Would our democracy have survived January 6th without the push-back from the Joint Chiefs? This article points to another instance in which our retired and active-duty military leaders show a broad perspective that our country desperately needs:

Eleven retired military leaders push Congress to prioritize the climate crisis in Build Back Better
https://votevets.org/press-releases/eleven-retired-military-leaders-push-congress-to-prioritize-climate-crisis-in-build-back-better
[our copy here]

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