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Aisle 47 – Installment 2 – American Values

By Mary | by Mary

This is the second installment in the short blog series, Cleanup on Aisle 47, which is meant to present ideas on rebuilding and strengthening U.S. democracy. Reclaiming Our Democratic Values Before launching into specific ideas for improving U.S. democracy, we need to figure out where we are going, which requires reexamining and reclaiming our democratic values. What does it mean to be an American? What are we trying to accomplish for the country and the…

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Cleanup on Aisle 47 – Installment 1

By Mary | by Mary

Happy Independence Day and 250th Anniversary of the United States of America! This feels like a good time to release the first installment of Cleanup on Aisle 47, a short blog series to share ideas on how to strengthen democracy in the United States. I have been noodling on these thoughts for over a year and started getting them into organized posts over the 2025 winter holidays. They are meant to counteract Project 2025, The…

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Proud Snowflake

By Mary | by Mary

During Donald Trump’s first term as president, his supporters, MAGA (Make America Great Again) Republicans, started calling pro-democracy folks “snowflakes.” They thought they were being clever. “Har, har, snowflakes are so fragile! They melt with a little heat. Lol!” True, snow melts with heat, as it has been doing these past few days in Minnesota. It’s the middle of February and we’ve got temps in the high 50 degrees Fahrenheit, about 30 to 40 degrees…

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