Last Sunday in this space, we made the argument that when it comes to democracy, New England Town Meeting is to adapt a slogan associated with the Masters golf tournament a tradition like no other. The unparalleled opportunity that the traditional.
The decline of participation in Town Meeting has been the subject of comment for at least 30 years and probably more. But the widespread adoption of Australian ballot voting as an alternative for the past two years during the pandemic seems to more.
In the middle of the 19th Century, oil refineries began pumping out kerosene, refined from crude oil, to light lamps along American streets. Unfortunately, kerosene had a useless byproduct which