Just a few lines into Bowling Alone, Robert D. Putnam’s seminal work about the changing face of civic engagement in the U.S., the author cites a city councillor, Carroll Swain, saying that “Some people today are a wee bit complacent until something jumps up and bites them.” But as any parent of a young child … Continue reading Ideas We Should Steal Revisited: Free Childcare at City Meetings