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The First Issue of CommonSense2 Published Today
September 1st 2007

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

So wrote W.B. Yeats 85 years ago and American progressives can hear in his words an echo that s all too relevant in our own time.

Disastrous war waged in the name of our people. Personal liberties sacrificed in vain pursuit of security. Tragic failure and abdication in area after area of the nation s public life. And through it all, too much quiet acquiescence from those who disagree, and too much loud support from those foolish enough to believe that this is where we ought to be.

In truth, those of us who don t accept this state of things have been sounding off more and more about it. And that s where CommonSense2 comes in. We re concerned with the political, economic, educational, and cultural issues that shape our country at large. We re equally concerned with the influence of those issues on life as it s lived here in our eastern Pennsylvania home. So we ve created a forum to share progressive thinking on these crucial matters and we re glad you re part of it.

The first issue of CommonSense2 is now online. Below, to wet your appetite, is a list of just a few of the many featured articles in our current issue:

• The Leaning Ivory Tower of Academia (Education)
  Academia is a marketplace of ideas, and just as people can vote with their wallets students can vote with their feet.
• Sowing The Seeds Of Change (Green-ology)
  Don t miss the 3rd annual PA Renewable & Sustainable Living Festival this September, right here in Kempton, PA!
• Anatomy of a Sick Health Care System (To Your Health)
  You thought your health insurance would protect you from financial hardship in the event of a medical crisis. Think again!
• The Rhetorical Power of Support Our Troops (Political Rhetoric)
  Words can and are used to corner one s political opposition. Political rhetoric shapes the way Americans think about the most important issues of the day.
• Diary of a Distraught Teacher (Education)
  A teacher s log that exposes testing as a substitute for real learning in the age of No Child Left Behind.
• The Keystone Scorecard (Politics: State)
  Harrisburg Hi-jinks…
  If you worked 43% of a regular work week, would you still be employed? What s going on in Harrisburg?
• Unsung Hero: Linda Wood
  Read our interview with Linda Wood - CommonSense2’s first Unsung Hero.

Many more articles in as many topics are to be found at CommonSense2.com.

We hope you ll take time to engage with the thinking of our contributors. Still more, we hope you ll respond to our articles, and will submit your own writing for inclusion in future issues of CommonSense2. If you re ready to break the silence that abandons the field to political hacks, influence peddlers, and demagogues, join us now and be heard - at CommonSense2.com.

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