How to Use GeorgeWasRight
“When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
There is no right or wrong way to use this website. Different visitors to GeorgeWasRight will have different reasons for wanting to explore the site, and different interests or needs. You can always simply poke around GWR, exploring all the content here, but here are some suggestions for various tracks you can follow based on what’s most relevant to your interests and knowledge. Each track contains specific types of content, topics, and articles we think may best fit a visitor seeking particular guidance, but you can always mix and match as you see fit. Also, we offer assessment tools to confirm your knowledge of given topics.
Like all the original writing on GeorgeWasRight, these suggestions are made by thinking, breathing humans, not AI. If you have any suggestions for other tracks, feel free to use the CONTACT page to let the GWR staff know.
Learning New Information, or Refreshing Your Knowledge
Whether or not you received a good education in civics, or you could just use some refreshers or updating, this track will help make sure you know the basics. Among other things, there are assessment tools to confirm your knowledge of given topics. In some ways, you can view this as a Civics 101 course, but there will be no homework, no grades, and no tuition costs.
Getting More Involved in Public Decision-Making
If you would like to get more involved in public decision-making but don’t know how to go about it, or if you feel nothing much changes regardless of who gets elected, the content on this track will outline various ways you can make your voice heard and participate in decisions that impact all of us.
5. The Physics of Modern American Politics
6. How to Get More Involved in Public Decision-Making
7. How Generational Change May Impact Politics and Elections (Coming Soon)
8. Why State and Local Politics Will Increasingly Matter (Coming Soon)
Running for Public Office
Public opinion about the job lawmakers are doing reveals that most Americans feel politicians are awful—especially after yet another government shutdown, which has major impacts on many people. With so many fed up with lawmakers’ self-dealing and inaction on important problems, the market for political newcomers is strong and growing. We’ll go over the steps necessary to take the plunge and communicate with your future voters and constituents.
2. A Guide to Running for Public Office (Coming Soon)
Check Your Knowledge
If you would like to gauge your current knowledge about American government and politics, a good place for that would be the assessments offered on this website. You can find all of these on the TOPICS page.
In each assessment, you will be asked ten questions on a particular topic. When you’re done, you’ll see which questions you got right and which you got wrong. These assessments are a fun and easy way to see what you know about different aspects of U.S. politics and government.
Just Cruising
Think of GeorgeWasRight as a boulevard you can travel to check out stores, good eats, and entertainment. Instead of looking for those sorts of activities, though, you’ll find a big buffet of how our politics and government are supposed to work, and what’s wrong with them. Better yet, you’ll discover what you can do to help put us on a better course for the future. There are many different topics, articles, and features to explore, so have a good cruise—and maybe even a little fun along the way!