An Unlikely Candidate: Reflections on My Run for Congress. Arthur Sr. Lieber
or entrenched bases of power.
•We need schools that value the common good; that recognize that our country can be governed much better; that see that their primary role is to help students learn critical thinking skills and apply them for the benefit of society as a whole.
•We need to improve the current body politic. Citizens need to see meaningful reasons to vote. They need to learn how to engage in thoughtful dialogue with politicians, asking pertinent questions and not accepting simple slogans as the basis for policy.
•We need structural change in our government.
I will expand on these topics in depth in Part 2, but first I want to talk about how I came to run for Congress in Missouri’s Second District, and how my experience opened my eyes to what we need to do to fix our political system.
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