I am very fortunate to live in a community (the mid-Hudson Valley) where many, if not most, people care about not just their immediate surroundings but also about the future of our children on this planet. They understand the value of personal and communal action to bring about societal change. They support those on the front lines and engage in political activism whenever they can. However, I find it intriguing that many of them fall prey to certain lines of thinking that re