Can Public Service Be Good Politics Again?

Record-breaking numbers of women are running for Congress in 2018, as NPR describes in a recent story. When you consider women make up only 20 percent of Congress, this point alone is important news.

But there's something else we're contemplating as we observe civic engagement across the country. Can a call to public service once again make for good politics? Not since President Kennedy in 1960 has a national candidate put service and civic responsibility at the strategic core of a campaign. Savvy candidates in both parties should consider doing so in 2018 and 2020.