Editor's Page.

• Date: 01 July 2018
• Author: Smith, Michael Franklin

Term limits? I wholly support them across the board--politicians--local and national, boards of directors--profit and nonprofit alike, and any where else they apply. According to my brief Internet research, term limits have been around since ancient Athens when the council of 500 rotated its entire membership every year. Benjamin Franklin advocated for term limits writing, "In free governments, the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors.... For the former to return among the latter does not degrade, but promote them." In other words, politicians who know they will eventually return to the general population and live under the policies they promoted are more likely to consider the long-term implications of their policies.

Out with the old, in with the new.

But now it's my turn. I...