Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! When I was in elementary school, it was customary for anyone who didn’t wear green on March 17 to be pinched by their classmates. I made an effort to remember my “something green” every year, but I must have forgotten at least once, since I can recall crying as a seven-Continue reading “The Luck of the (One-Sixteenth) Irish”
Tag Archives: A Swiss Climate Fund
Direct Democracy at Work
On March 8, the Swiss are voting on whether to add three amendments to the constitution. These “initiatives,” as they’re called, have been proposed by one or more politically active citizens who have gathered 100,000 signatures within 18 months to demonstrate sufficiently broad support. The government has decided to offer a “counter-proposal” to one ofContinue reading “Direct Democracy at Work”
Kim Hays 