How does Pendleton preserve that small-town flavor that brought people there in the first place while providing those people with a thriving economy? heraldbulletin.com/opinion/editor…

For everybody’s sake realsmalltowns.com/overcoming-the…

To call Homer “the end of the road” is not hyperbolic, as it truly is the terminus of the North American road system. realsmalltowns.com/homer-ak/

We already know how to be independent . . . paying for whatever we want or need using hard-earned money that we spend our lives to get. For we were born into this society and taught that this is what was normal and right. realsmalltowns.com/how-to-build-a…

“Last year, the Census Bureau found that while roughly 80 percent of us live in urban areas, rural life was the most wished for.” nytimes.com/2019/09/17/opi…

“The questions vary in nature but the overwhelming reality is that very few of my peers know anything about rural America.” realsmalltowns.com/wait-wisconsin…

““It’s like the best of the 1950s,” she said. Kids still set up play dates by knocking on neighbors’ doors, she said, and their parents all know one another well.” inquirer.com/news/pennsylva…

.Senator McConnell's Press Office Nancy Pelosi The climate crisis is a human issue. But you can do something about it. Support policies that protect our planet and our communities before it's too late. p2a.co/twitterimage?i…

“We already know how to be independent, needing nothing from anyone, paying for whatever we want or need using hard-earned money that we spend our lives to get. For we were born into this society and taught that this is what was normal and right.” realsmalltowns.com/how-to-build-a…

The hard winters, relative isolation, lack of a ski resort, and resistance to high levels of development allow this town to maintain its sense of authenticity, and there is an earthy feel to it. realsmalltowns.com/ouray-co/

With a keen eye, tender heart, and willingness to take time to listen deeply to the subjects of his work —be they plant, animal or human—Drew deftly captures the essence and elegance of time and place with remarkable sensitivity. realsmalltowns.com/on-your-plate-…

Perched on the brawny shores of Lake Superior with a population of 21,000, Marquette is a major shipping port and the small town hub of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. realsmalltowns.com/marquette-mi/

“Americans have been drawn to rural areas in recent years partly due to the appeal of a higher quality of life. These regions have not traditionally been known as art hubs, but some residents say that trend is changing.” pbs.org/newshour/show/…

Oestreich’s voice is needed now more than ever as she challenges the ever escalating polarization of our communities, country, and the world at large. realsmalltowns.com/the-unshakeabl…

“A 2018 Gallup poll found that, while 80 percent of all Americans live in urban areas, rural life is most desired.” pbs.org/newshour/show/…

“There are fresh signs that rural America may be able to provide precisely the reservoir of talent that we need to power the next wave of economic expansion.” thehill.com/opinion/educat…

Wouldn’t it make sense for one of the polling companies to put out a poll asking Democratic primary voters to rank their candidates? Wouldn’t that help sort things out to some degree?

Just an incredible, oblivious own of Trump here from Rick Santorum

American Democracy is in tatters.

2/ Six Republicans on the Supreme Court just announced — a story that has largely flown under the nation’s political radar — that they’ll consider pre-rigging the presidential election of 2024.