Focus on Research | Citizens at state and local levels show real success in deliberating issues | Living | CentreDaily.com
Today, as we mourn the death of Senator Arlen Specter, one of the last true centrists in the U.S. Congress, I was very pleased to see this article about the use of citizen panels to deliberate on major policy issues in Oregon. The idea that we can make better public policy decisions when we deliberate over the issues instead of simply hearing testimony before acting on ideology, is a lesson to all of us, at every level of public life. We should demand of our leaders a "deliberate democracy" instead of a polarized debate.
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