> It's not News you should be looking for, but information, and that's the real problem This is an excellent distinction! > I remember voting in a bond electi

> It's not News you should be looking for, but information, and that's the real problem This is an excellent distinction! > I remember voting in a bond election in a city of 500,000. Only a few hundred voted. We spent $50M of the people's money because they didn't care. Ignoring News is fine, ignoring what is going on is not. I'm guilty of not following my own advice here, but anybody who feels utterly overwhelmed and powerless by national/world politics can definitely be involved or at least informed at the local level!