Politics, Arts and Culture in Flyover America
The Populist as an Endangered Species
Who speaks for the American people? By Bill Martin Politicians of all parties and platforms want to be perceived as a man (or woman) of the people, wearing the cape of the populist crusader, speaking truth to power and fighting for justice on behalf of “the common man” against big corporations, powerful banks, and the…
Preserving Worthy History: Our National Trails
By Bill Martin Ours is a transient society. We move from place to place, job to job, knowing that home and family are only a phone call or a plane flight or a Facebook post or text message away. It hasn’t always been like that, of course. Until midway through the 19th Century, Americans settled in…