A Call for UnityI first heard about John Gilbert Winant several years ago in Concord, New Hampshire, while I was teaching a class on ethics. My co-captain, Professor...CharacterCitizenshipCompassionCourageHeroesHistoryPersonalitiesPolitics
We RememberOn this anniversary of 9/11, let’s take a moment to remember those we lost and honor the heroes who ran toward danger. It was a...CharacterCompassionCourageHeroesHistoryResponsibility
The Enemy WithinIn 63 BCE, Rome was facing an internal crisis that threatened to destroy the Republic. Roman senator Lucius Sergius Catilina, known as Catiline, was conspiring...AccountabilityCharacterCitizenshipCourageGovernmentHistoryHonestyIntegrityPersonalitiesPoliticsResponsibility
This is Why I Have Lost All Faith in the Ability of Republicans to GovernThis is Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia addressing his Senate colleagues regarding the proposed Senate Border Security Bill. » Read more about: This is Why...CharacterCourageEthicsExtremismHonestyIntegrityPersonalitiesPolitics
A New Pearl of Great Price: Blind Faith in TrumpLegend has it that a man once approached the Jewish sage Hillel the Elder with a challenge: if he could sum up the principles of...AccountabilityCompassionEthical ImproprietyGolden RuleHistoryHonestyPersonalitiesPoliticsReligionRespectResponsibility
Our Better Angels Better Show UpA good friend and I have what we call our “Best Friends Thursday” lunches, where we catch up on the events of the day, primarily...CitizenshipPursuit of ExcellenceRespectResponsibility