by ejcarnahan | Apr 5, 2024 | electoral college
A couple weeks ago I drove from my home in Central Vermont through Crawford Notch to Conway NH in the White Mountains. The mountains were beautiful and fortunately the road was clear. I managed to avoid the spring snowstorms and their accompanying avalanche warnings....
by ejcarnahan | Jun 22, 2023 | courts
On Tuesday, I helped create a parade banner from triangles knit and crocheted by participants in Knit Democracy Together sessions in the Mad River Valley. It’s going to be a great entry in the Warren Fourth of July Parade! There were enough triangles left over to make...
by ejcarnahan | Feb 3, 2023 | media
Do you read a local newspaper? Bravo for you!Do you even have a decent paper in your community? You’re lucky if you do. A growing portion of our country lives in news deserts. Forbes reports that “of the 3,143 counties in the U.S., 200 of them no longer have a daily...
by ejcarnahan | Jan 18, 2022 | gerrymandering
A couple weeks ago, I phoned several dozen strangers in New Hampshire. Joining with other volunteers on Zoom, I tapped into the enthusiasm and youthful energy of the organizer. Then I logged in to the phone bank on my computer. Frankly, I would rather have spent the...
by ejcarnahan | Dec 21, 2021 | election denial
On the seventh night of Chanukah, Knit Democracy Together was the focus in my local synagogue’s Shine a Light series. This program highlights a different social action project each night. There were oohs and aahs for the three state capitols we’ve constructed (The New...
