by Main | May 1, 2013 | Americas
Prayer has been a central part of public life in the United States since its founding. In 1775, the Second Continental Congress created the National Day of Prayer to bring together the diverse people of the newly formed nation to seek guidance and unity. The tradition...
by Main | Feb 28, 2013 | 2013, Americas, Human Rights and Freedoms
The opening scene of Spielberg’s 2012 film Lincoln, appropriately opens with a recitation of the Gettysburg Address. Most Americans are asked to read the Gettysburg Address sometime during their school career. Rhetoricians have studied and marveled at why his...
by Main | Feb 28, 2013 | 2013, Americas, Human Rights and Freedoms, Video
“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.” Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Congress 1862 January 21, 2013,...
by Main | Feb 7, 2013 | 2013, Moral and Innovative Leadership, Other
Human history has reached an inflection point. Just within the last few years, governments have undergone significant transformations, financial systems have dissolved leaving room for radically new models, and rapid advances in communication and transportation have...
