When in the course..

...of human events... These few words,first published 228 years ago where the starter's pistol for a run that continues to this day. Though at times not happy with the people in government, I am certainly happy with the form of government that evolved.

Our small New England town still uses the Town Meeting form of government. I sit on a commission entrusted with the protection of a portion of our natural resources. We are all volunteers. It feels healthy, it feels like it works. Cumbersome at times, but at least the people haven't the excuse of an anonymous government doing things over which they have no control.

Of course, on the federal/corporate level, that is true. It is a force of nature beyond the control of the common man. It is a bus with no brakes driving down a windy mountain road. The trick is to know when to jump out of the way and not go down with it.

To all who so celebrate, Happy Fourth! =30=