‘What should we do?’ seems to be a fulcrum of our public discussions today. This is a question that is raised in the streets of Madison and Washington alike. The...

The Interactivity Foundation (IF) focuses upon three major discussion areas: sanctuary project discussions designed to develop public policy possibilities in our selected areas of concern, public discussions of the contrasting...

At the dawn of western philosophy Socrates was asking questions in the Athenian agora. The whole of western thought has arguably been developed in search of answers to the questions...

One of the core aspects of IF is that the policy possibilities in our discussion reports are not developed by politicians and policy wonks, but by citizens for their fellow...

Difference is a fundamental fact of human life. There is similarity too. But difference is the reason why we need to have discussions about public policy. It is also the...

To date, I've held back in posting any of my own, all too unique "Perspectives" on this site, so today I venture into new and hopefully not entirely dangerous waters. While...

Life imitates art, or so they say.  But not always.  At least not completely.  Take the story of Chicken Little.  True, we’ve got no shortage these days of Chicken Littles. ...

One of the benefits of ongoing citizen conversation is the ability to talk about issues that might impact individuals and communities long before they become controversial or partisan. This type...

It almost goes without saying that many professionals could be more helpful to the cause of citizen discussion.  Educators, lawyers, social workers, communicators, planners, and administrators throughout the profit, non-profit,...