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Amplified: Obama and Uncomfortable Progress on Who We Are

It’s not surprising that it was Obama’s take on Trump [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/21/obama-trump-is-exploiting-anger-and-fear-over-economic-insecurities/] that made the headlines from a much more extensive interview with NPR’s Steve Innskeep. There’s a question that appears to be stuck on repeat today,

A Theory of American Identity: Or the Radical American Exceptionalism: Or Why Baseball is Better than Soccer?

An abstract submitted for you consideration. Your questions and assistance in refining the ideas presented here would be greatly appreciated. (Submitted by Todd, National Academy alumni, 2001) Over the last year I have been contemplating the notion of American identity, and what that means.  As I contemplated the bounds of

Six Word Motto for U.S.

Longing for a fond memories of a National Academy now buried deeply in your memory banks of a time and place too far away? This NY Times contest reminded me of Academy favorites like proposing a new creed or remaking our national currency. La elección de qué revisar antes de

Deep Light

On the way home from the store tonight, I listened for the first time to Van Morrison’s rendition (with the Chieftains) of the 19th century folk song Shenandoah.Like many other things the past three weeks, it reminded me of the Academy. From a purely cognitive standpoint, the Academy

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