Government Shutdown: What's The Right Civic Lesson For Americans?

Over 16 days, the federal government shutdown, our economy slipped close to the cliff, millions of Americans suffered severe crises in their personal lives, and our country looked incompetent in the eyes of people around the world. During the past weeks, we asked citizens what they were doing to help bring sanity back to Capital Hill. Almost all said they were doing nothing because there was nothing they could do except wring their hands in disgust. Young people especially made clear to us that ...