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Short Read of the Week for June 10, 2021

After a wide-ranging discussion of the seven articles that were suggested this week, we agreed to shine our spotlight on an issue that will be an increasing source of partisan conflict in our region. This article in the Atlantic Monthly - our top choice - shows that there is hope, if and only if the Democratic values of good government and civic engagement prevail over the values that our political opponents extol: anti-regulation extremism and property-rights absolutism.

The West can end the water wars now
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/06/oregon-water-drought-conflict/619109/
[our copy here]

Another article that was suggested this week dealt more with the environmental urgency of the situation and the efforts to deal with it that are already underway: https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/to-free-a-river.

Our second choice was:

Democrats have a path to victory. It starts on the ground
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/09/democrats-have-path-victory-it-starts-ground
[our copy here]

Although we don't decide where the Party stands on policy issues in this short weekly meeting, it is where we begin to talk about those issues, and it is where our general consensus about those issues most often begins to form. Participating in it is your best shot at influencing (or just understanding) the positions that your friends in the Democratic Party will take. Will you join us next week?


Direct link to item: https://tillcodems.org/whats-on-your-mind/2021/6/10/short-read-of-the-week-for-june-10-2021.