I think it’s uncomfortable to make up your own mind when the older people around you are guiding you in a certain direction, when you’ve grown up listening to the same thing over and over again, when your friends all go to the same worship and believe what they’ve been told consistently, every week of their whole lives. It’s only natural that so many kids’ views reflect their environment. How else can you form an opinion on the unknown?
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Join the Eau Claire Dems as we walk in support of Huntington's Disease Awareness at the Team Hope Walk on August 16. We will also be discussing the damage the Big Beautiful Bill is doing to healthcare and and the ability to care for our loved ones with this disease, as well as long term care in the future, and research to find a cure.
Read MoreInstead of in-person forums, Van Orden has held virtual town halls where attendees couldn’t ask their own questions. He hasn’t responded to inquiries or addressed concerns about how federal policy really affects our lives. We deserve more from our representative, as this limits real dialogue and falls short of meaningful engagement.
Read MoreEver since I was old enough to remember, my dad and I have been talking about taking a trip to the Boundary Waters at the Canadian border. He’s told me endless stories about the many trips he’s taken, fishing all day long and canoeing through water that was so clean you could drink it straight out of the lake.
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The America that I love, the one that I’m willing to stand up for every morning for the Pledge of Allegiance, that America doesn’t measure the worth of people based on how much wealth they create or what their perceived importance to society is.
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