by Bill Chisholm It is often said that “We are what we eat.”; it can also be said that “We are what we think.” Our thoughts and our words create our reality. For a forum in one of my early political campaigns, the candidates were told they were going to have five minutes at… Continue reading Vision – our rhetoric creates our reality
Gadugi
by Bill Chisholm Gadugi is a Cherokee word for people working together to solve a problem. The Preamble to the US Constitution begins with the words, “We, the People, of the United States”, then goes on to list what we the people hope to achieve by enacting the Constitution. First among the “purposes” is to… Continue reading Gadugi
Prisoners In Our Own Mind
by Bill Chisholm Growing up under the cloud of the Cold War and never-ending threat of nuclear annihilation, my generation was told that the Soviet Union controlled its people through “propaganda”, lying to the people, in essence “brainwashing” them to believe their government’s lies. We on the other hand lived in the “land of the… Continue reading Prisoners In Our Own Mind
In Defense Of The Local Public Interest
by Bill Chisholm (presentation to the Idaho Water Users Association, November, 2002) Preface: I am not an attorney, a fact I am most thankful for, as I once considered becoming one. I say this, not because I don’t have some respect for the legal profession, but because not being an attorney, and yet operating at… Continue reading In Defense Of The Local Public Interest
My First Political Speech 1978
August 2, 1978 Twin Falls County Fairgrounds Filer Idaho Candidate for Idaho House of Representatives Bill Chisholm “I would like to share with you a dream. It is a political dream—a social ideal. Imagine, one day soon, a person, a legislator – perhaps me, perhaps one of you – standing on the floor of the… Continue reading My First Political Speech 1978
Putting the We back in US
We have to first acknowledge that the United States’ founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution and in particular the Preamble, are incredible and inspirational documents. Sadly one also has to acknowledge while universally appealing in their word and tone, they were written for and meant for the well being of not… Continue reading Putting the We back in US
Clarity of Purpose
The U.S. Constitution is a social contract between us, the people, and those that serve us in public office and governmental employment. Given that ours is a government of, for, and by the people; is not the US Constitution then also social contract between citizens? The yardstick for both good governance and good citizenship is… Continue reading Clarity of Purpose
William K. (Bill) Chisholm 