21st Century Citizenship, Oct 2018: Mid-Terms
Never in our lifetimes has the famous aphorism of early 18th century Prussian general and military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, that 'politics is war by other means,' seemed so apt...
05 October, 2018
21st Century Citizenship, Sept 2018: Misunderstandings
The 'post-truth' era of 'alternative facts' obscures a deeper reality. That in politics, as in life, it's not what we don't know that's getting us into trouble, it's what we're sure we know that just ain't so. And Mark Twain didn't say that, neither...
09 September, 2018
21st Century Citizenship, July 2018: Less Is More
In our bodies, we have a word and a name for untrammeled growth: cancer. In the body politic, it seems ultimately to lead to dissolution as well...
05 August, 2018
21st Century Citizenship, June 2018: Arcs
In times like these, moral arcs become a source of comfort. Should they be? We trace these rainbows across the sky of history–individual, social, even biological...
06 July, 2018
21st Century Citizenship, May 2018: Building Bridges
As it becomes increasingly clear that all of us will have to be accountable for what our leaders will not, we head into a 21st century Freedom Summer that can have no end...
05 June, 2018
21st Century Citizenship, Apr 2018: Hocus Focus
With all the chaos emanating out of Washington daily, it's hard to know where to turn–but some are managing to ignore the noise and keep their eyes on the prize...
05 May, 2018
21st Century Citizenship, Mar 2018: And Children Led
The arc of justice seemed to quicken in its pace and pliability this month, in thrall to the high metabolism of the social media generation and their double-edged sword...
03 April, 2018
21st Century Citizenship, Feb 2018: Starting Young, Starting Old
Looking back on the past month, we're reminded that predicting how history will view events is like playing pool with the balls in constant motion...
01 March, 2018
21st Century Citizenship: Welcome
Announcing the Frank Islam Institute for 21st Century Citizenship, created to address an increasing civic engagement deficit and enhance the concept of citizenship for the challenges and opportunities of our times...
22 January, 2018