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Without overlooking personal socio-economic limitations, we can probably all do better. And better doesn't mean flawless. As the cookbook author, Anne Marie Bonneau put it very wisely about living a zero-waste lifestyle: ''We don't need a handful of people doing zero-waste perfectly. We ne...
Use it wisely. It helps pinpoint what works and what doesn’t. Say customers rave about your speedy service but cringe at your app. What do you do? Improve the app, of course. Every piece of feedback helps tailor your services to meet customer needs better. This leads to happier ...
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While unlike in other countries (e.g., Switzerland), it is the exception rather than the rule to have a popular vote about a project, local politicians will take their voters' opinion into account as they take decisions related to the project. This can also be leveraged by opponents. One...
group of judges, bar leaders, and experienced practitioners remains as forceful today as it did then, if not more so. Resolution 100 wisely and persuasively encourages courts to make greater and more systematic use of special masters to assist in civil litigation, and ...
In the past, in this space and elsewhere, I’ve had some unkind words for the empty liberal form of the vote. Our activism and our engagement should not be constrained by the ritual of ticking boxes every few years; it saps and neuters our political energy; we need to find ways of ma...
In any case, we survived His Fraudulency I, the unduly elected Rutherford B. Hayes, and we will survive His Fraudulency II.What the court ruled, when you get down to it, was that democracy shouldn't be allowed to get in the way of bureaucracy. One man, one vote? Overrated. Every...
emphasizing the first syllable (it isn’t, generally) and he would simply sit down. I was in awe of her. J. and I have no family whatsoever to help, and so I wisely decided J. should stay home and give up all adult activities until the baby got married. J. decided to enroll him...
is leapfrogging and meanwhile databases are filling at an alarming rate. These databases could provide dossiers on demand, for nefarious purposes. How you vote and how you “vote with your feet” (physically or virtually) are both of tremendous importance.Pray hard. Choose wisely. Act ...