Citizen Leadership

Chapman Center for Citizen Leadership
demostrator with megaphone and notebook protesting
Unidentified young demostrator with megaphone and notebook protesting against austerity cuts
Bruce Chapman
March 5, 2021
Citizen Leadership

Free Speech, Fair Speech Vs. Woke

Bruce Chapman
March 5, 2021
Citizen Leadership
Free speech in American life is protected by the First Amendment—when the government is involved—but also by a broader understanding that differing views should be heard and respected in private academic settings, at meetings open to the public, and even in corporate settings. Read More ›
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USA, VA, Arlington. Gravestones at Arlington National Cemetary.
Scott S. Powell
May 25, 2020
Citizen Leadership

Memorial Day: Connecting the Past with the Present

Scott S. Powell
May 25, 2020
Citizen Leadership
The Civil War was America’s most costly war with some 360,222 Union and 258,000 Confederate lives lost. Many historians put the death toll higher, but regardless, the number of Civil War casualties exceeds the nation’s loss in all its other wars combined -- the two World Wars, the Korean and Vietnamese Wars and subsequent wars right up through conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Read More ›
Gold domed capital building in Olympia, Washington, USA
Distant view of the gold dome capital building in Olympia, Washington, USA
Hans Zeiger
May 10, 2020
Citizen Leadership

State Legislature Should Have Stronger Oversight Role During Emergencies

Hans Zeiger
May 10, 2020
Citizen Leadership
In recent weeks, many citizens have written to me requesting that the Legislature take action to address the COVID-19 crisis. The reality is that the Legislature’s formal power to act in this crisis is limited; it is the governor who has broad authority during times of emergency. As we look to the future, the Legislature must have a much stronger role during emergencies. Read More ›
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woman worker wearing mask
Tom Shakely
April 21, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Human Exceptionalism

China, the Virus, and the Imperative to Build for Tomorrow

Tom Shakely
April 21, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Human Exceptionalism
Marc Andreessen's "It's Time To Build" is a hopeful cri de coeur in this time of pandemic. Americans, and American elite leadership specifically, need what strikes me as essentially a spiritual awakening, and Andreessen speaks to that in his own way by pointing out that an ugly aspect of American life that this virus has revealed is a sort of cultural impotence. Read More ›