About GeorgeWasRight
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”
— Margaret Mead
Ways to Use This Website
Since visitors to GeorgeWasRight will have different interests, levels of knowledge, and available time, there’s no right or wrong way to view the content here. Think of GWR as a conversation with someone knowledgeable about politics, as a series of columns or chapters of a book, or as an informal civics class (minus homework, high costs, and mandatory anything.)
Visitors to GWR can view the content of the site in any order they like. You can read everything on the site, or skip the sections about what you already know or that don’t interest you. The site provides a trustworthy, unbiased resource designed to increase knowledge of, and participation in, our political system. You can learn how to quickly find vital information (such as the identities of the biggest contributors to the candidates and measures on which you’ll be voting). You can also discover ways to get more involved in political decision-making that impacts you and your family.
New content will be added regularly. If you’d like some suggestions on how to use the website, you can find various tracks to follow on the How To? page.
As a longtime public-opinion pollster and teacher, I’ve heard a lot of viewpoints. I didn’t create GWR in order to lecture anybody, though, but rather to build an informative platform for people who would like to get more engaged with our democracy, and more involved in public decision-making.
If that sounds a bit lofty, let me be more direct: many Americans are frustrated with how ineffective and unresponsive our political system has become, but believe that there’s nothing they can do to improve the situation. But politicians feast on public apathy. That’s how they can get away with taking actions that are broadly unpopular, or fail to resolve important national problems, with few, if any, political consequences.
GeorgeWasRight will shed light on the workings of our political system, and the actions and inactions of politicians, and to explain what We the People can do to help them see the light.