My Fellow Citizens, We’re all asking one another, “how are you holding up?” The standard response usually starts with a deep breath and includes some bad joke. We’re looking for a new approach to our standard greetings. The usual ones don’t seem to do enough to recognize
Published in 2005, Joel Garreau’s Radical Evolution offers multiple perspectives on the future of human kind. Interviewing world-class thinkers, engineers, and philosophers, the author examines not only our decisions, but our decision making process—for the heart of Garreau’s thesis maintains that human nature changes. We’ve all
Those of you at the second week of James Madison and Constitutional Citizenship at Montpelier may have heard about my school and our work with Professor Harris. Our charter high school was created by a group of parents in 1998 with a mission to teach citizenship. From the beginning we
With gadget fans across the country talking about the new 3G iPhone [http://gizmodo.com/5014537/can-atts-network-handle-millions-of-data+hogging-3g-iphones] , it’s hard to argue about the innovative spirit of the American people. It’s a fact. We love our machines whether they’re speeding [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/12/
Some many days ago, a good countryman you know by the name of Maximus asked a group assembled before him, “what would a Federalist school look like?” His question suffered a long period of silence as those in attendance considered what they knew of Federalism…. > Founded on fundamental rights… A