In this article from The Renovator by Danielle Allen, she argues that the No Kings rallies are not just "protests" but that we (the people) DO have an agenda that can renovate our democracy in non-partisan ways.

Even though this podcast is titled "No Time2Read" I do encourage you to give her article a visual look-see at What Comes After No Kings? - by Danielle Allen.

It's hard to fully digest a list of recommendations fully by ear. But I hope you enjoy hearing the good news of ways we can renovate our democracy.

Paul Krugman is a Nobel prize winning economist. He has an unusual ability to explain complex matters in easily understandable terms. In this episode he explains why, if the Strait of Hormuz remains choked off, the high price of auto gasoline is only half of the bad news for our economy.

I encourage you to take a look at Paul's Substack where this article was published: $4 Gasoline is Less Than Half the Story - Paul KrugmanYou'll be able to see the charts to which he refers in his article. Obviously those charts can't be replicated in an audio version.

Danielle Allen is the founder of Partners in Democracy and the Democracy Renovation project. She publishes regular articles on Substack. In this episode:

The ancient Greeks knew that when "The Furies” appeared they inevitably unleashed cycles of vendetta that were exceptionally hard to end.  Revenge begets revenge.

The goal of civilization is to transform the Furies into “thewell-minded ones”.  Operation Epic Furyis an "Epic Fail" on that front.  We must resist the temptation to descend to the level of The Furies. We must protect civilization and be "the well-minded ones".

To read this article on Substack, here's the link: https://open.substack.com/pub/therenovator/p/operation-epic-fury-a-civilizational?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email