Day: September 22, 2016

Letter From the Editor: Policy Means People

  • September 22, 2016
President Barack Obama gives his inaugural address to a worldwide audience from the West Steps of the U.S. Capitol, calling for "a new era of responsibility," after taking the oath of office in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Meneguin, U.S. Air Force/Released)

The word “policy” originates from the Greek word “polis”, meaning a city and its administration, but also literally the citizens who make it up. The word’s dual meaning was meant to exemplify the citizen’s vital role in contributing to a…

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