Secure borders, workplaces, infrastructure, and public spaces are essential. Additionally, we need to join our peers in offering a single-payer option for health and dental care to secure the health of our citizens.

Long waiting lists for Massachusetts' premier vocational schools send a message.

Ill-conceived tax policy and profligate spending have put the US economy on an unsustainable path. We will not be the "country of possibilities" if excessive debt and regulation strangle innovation. 

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We will clean up our act or our children will pay for our poor choices. Persuasion must now give way to mandates that reduce pollution and increase biodiversity. 

We must learn from our recent failure to deter large-scale military aggression in Europe or risk a return to another age.

Chaos, enabled by congressional inaction, must end. Our historic ability to attract top talent is one of our greatest strengths.

Trade must not be blind to the danger of strengthening hostile foreign governments. But dishonest arguments should not be used to justify unreasonable protectionism and unhelpful tariffs. 

When actions belie the rhetoric of leaders, government loses the respect of its citizens, allies, and enemies. When we say we will defend another nation against an illegal military conquest, then we must act or lose all credibility.

The possibility that our children will have a quality of life less than our own is disheartening. Robbing from the future to gratify our generation is wrong.

Past generations sacrificed to make the progress of our country possible. Future generations should recognize this connection. 

Independent critical journalism is essential, and should be encouraged and defended by the state.