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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 ›

^{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 ›

^{Bailey Takacs
April 17, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Education}

Reopen Schools State by State

_{Bailey Takacs
April 17, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Education}

^{George Gilder
April 12, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Economics}

We Need Politicians in a Pandemic

_{George Gilder
April 12, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Economics}

The U.S. economy has been cratered less by the coronavirus than by the response to it — driven by the undemocratic idea that “science” should rule, even when much of the science and the data behind it remain in dispute. Read More ›

^{Michael Egnor
April 7, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Intelligent Design}

Balancing Lives, Economics, and Public Policy in This Plague

_{Michael Egnor
April 7, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Intelligent Design}

The coronavirus plague is devastating to our country. Public policy decisions are agonizing. We should insist on three principles which will help us make the wisest decisions possible. Read More ›

^{Michael Egnor
March 19, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Intelligent Design, Religion and Civic Life}

Upstairs into the Plague

_{Michael Egnor
March 19, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Intelligent Design, Religion and Civic Life}

I was driving into work this morning and I hit the traffic jam. Every morning at about 6:30 am the traffic begins to back up on the highway leading into my medical center. It’s the morning shift — hundreds of nurses and clerks and aides and orderlies and housekeepers bleary-eyed and guzzling Starbucks and they wait to enter the parking Read More ›

^{Chapman Center
February 15, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Discovery Institute}

The 2020 Census is Here and it’s Counting on You!

_{Chapman Center
February 15, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Discovery Institute}

In mid-March you will receive a letter from the US Government preparing you to reply to the 2020 Decennial Census. Therewith starts a large series of changes, from numbers for each state in the U.S. House of Representatives to the allocation of $1.5 Trillion in federal aid to states and localities. The 2020 Census also will give us a new Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
November 23, 2019
Citizen Leadership}

Is America on a Slippery Slope Toward Becoming a Banana Republic?

_{Scott S. Powell
November 23, 2019
Citizen Leadership}

Who would have ever thought the United States could lose its way and find itself on a slippery slope to becoming a banana republic in which political power is typically determined by coups rather than elections? But it appears many in the Democratic Party are willing to go down this road and risk the nation’s continuity and stability in a desperate effort to regain power and control. Since there is simply no greater crime against the United States, its Constitution and its people than subverting the government that is duly elected by the people, Americans need to clearly remind Washington that the legitimacy of our government comes exclusively from the people. Think about it... why should Democrats in Congress be ignoring their legislative responsibilities and wasting their time and the nation’s scarce resources with impeachment proceedings less than a year away from the next presidential election? And why would Democrats think impeachment a wise course to follow, particularly after putting the country through nearly two years of the Mueller investigation? Read More ›

^{Bruce Chapman
October 24, 2019
Citizen Leadership}

Dreading the Coming Gloom? Blame Congress For Not Making Daylight Saving Time Permanent

_{Bruce Chapman
October 24, 2019
Citizen Leadership}

It’s already too late to fix the clock this year. Congress has failed to pass legislation to allow states to stay on permanent daylight saving time. On Nov. 3, we return to tiresome old Standard Time. Some people like that, but most don’t. Last spring the cause of permanent daylight saving time seemed bright. State after state asked Congress for permission to enact the change. California voters in a November, 2018, referendum supported it 60% to 40%. Floridians, led by Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott and House Rep. Vern Buchanan, were enthusiastic. Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Patty Murray of Washington joined Rubio to co-sponsor the Sunshine Protection Act of 2019. “Making Daylight Saving Time permanent is O.K. with me!” tweeted President Donald Trump. Read More ›

President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence participate in a roundtable with CEOs in the Cabinet Room of the White House Monday, March 30, 2020

^{Scott S. Powell
October 21, 2019
Citizen Leadership}

Like Him or Not, Trump is Uniquely Suited for Such a Time as This

_{Scott S. Powell
October 21, 2019
Citizen Leadership}

With the constant drumbeat from the mainstream media, Democrats now hope that the whirlwind in Washington of the so-called impeachment investigation will spread so much smoke that people won’t be able to see what’s going on, except to subliminally conclude that with all that smoke around Donald Trump, there must be a fire, and that it’ll die down with his removal from office. Read More ›