by Doris Haddock

About the author: Doris Haddock, also known as Granny D, is a retired secretary from Dublin, New Hampshire. She is the author of Granny D: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year, in which she details her cross-country walk in 1999 to bring attention to the need for campaign finance reform.

It is hard to think clearly as we yet rock in the wake of the terrorist attacks on our cities and our people. But think clearly we must. Politics is a serious business. Not everyone cares to listen when people argue about the policies and practices of our political leaders. Americans would rather be painting their house or going to a good ball game than listening to a speech, and that is not a bad thing. We wouldn’t get much done if we...