Oregon Considered

On Principle: Thoughts on American Democracy

June 02, 2005

0602_oplogo.jpgToday OPB launches a new month-long series: On Principle: Thoughts on American Democracy.

The Oregon Council for the Humanities and independent producer David Welch have been asking Oregonians to think and talk about core principles of American democracy: individual freedom, justice, economic opportunity, equality, and civic engagement.

More than two hundred years ago these ideals were central to the founding of our country. Can they still bind us together as a nation in the twenty-first century? That's precisely the question On Principle hopes to answer.

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