Our American Song
Our nation is a song, one that has been sung, and is yet to be written, a song of harmony and discord, open and concealed...
02 July, 2019
Top Secret Election Letter
Norway has the jump on the 2020 election, and the quid of quids for our man in Washington...
18 June, 2019
Pro-Birth vs. Pro-Life
Finding common ground on the most contentious of moral issues may require first redefining its terms...
10 June, 2019
William Barr: His “Truths.” Our Consequences.
While it may not matter to his body in the ground, what William Barr does next will matter a great deal to future generations...
06 June, 2019
The $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan: Lots of Rhetoric. No Reality.
The real problem with the nation's infrastructure isn't our bridges, our roads, our grids, our mass transit systems, or our dams...
28 May, 2019
An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
The greatest untapped resource to deal with all of America's problems, including the divisions between us, is Americans...
17 May, 2019
Good Citizenship: The Test for Our Times
The subject that originated public education has the highest stakes of all, and states like Massachusetts and Illinois are illuminating the path back to the future, aided and abetted by a plethora of new 21st century resources...
01 May, 2019
Recognizing Middle School Teacher Civic Engagement Champions
Why middle school civics teachers may be the most important "deciders" in the course of the rest of the century, and the Institute's first step in recognition...
18 April, 2019
Taxing The Rich
Connecting the dots that need to be connected, and why connecting them will be more of an arc than a line...
29 March, 2019
Opportunity Zones?
Tucked into the tax bill were extensive breaks for companies who build in "opportunity zones." We explore whether their promise is as gaseous as their contraction, and what would put them on more solid footing...
15 March, 2019