Local news can save America

I mostly read local news in 2019. It completely changed my understanding of the country.

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I have a confession to make: I haven't been paying very close attention to national politics this year.

This is thanks, in large part, to the fact that I've been working on a book. Whatever time I once spent following Twitter pundits and scouring second-by-second national news updates, I've devoted to reading reports on irrigation, learning more about the agricultural production of teff, investigating Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) programs, and more. If you thought it wasn't possible to nerd out over cattle grazing methods, think again.

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Gracy Olmstead

Gracy Olmstead is a writer and journalist located outside Washington, D.C. She's written for The American Conservative, National Review, The Federalist, and The Washington Times, among others.