[/content/images/wordpress/2015/10/SFYRKERH4N.jpg] We’re tightening our focus at Politicolor. With a redesign well underway, we’re asking ourselves what it would look like to tell the stories that show our politics as a channel for learning more about the ideas that motivate us. When we
As someone who has attended two of the Center of the Constitution’s weekend programs, I was overly excited when I was accepted to the 2009’s National Institute. Of course I couldn’t wait to pick Will’s brain for more and more insight, but quickly I have learned
You might remember a New York Times contest to craft a six word motto for the United States. We turned the powerhouse of Academy thinking at the question. Laura suggested a phrase you might recognize… “MUTUAL GUARDIANS OF OUR MUTUAL HAPPINESS” I think that phrase resonated as a result of
At the National Academy today, Kevin Fox presented his thoughts on his own constitutional thinking and teaching. In the Academy tradition, his inquiry started with, “What is it?”. His answers included… Reasoned Reflective Creative constructive imaginative Present on-going Whole ordered (not orderly) Scientific systematic experimental Balanced (between extremes) Inclusive (of
Something Will said this Summer boomeranged and smacked me into thinking about Federalist songs. What would make a song distinctively Federalist? I began to brainstorm characteristics which I thought Federalist in nature: SCIENCE, FUTURE, HOPE, FREE, WORLDLY, REGENERATING, OPEN-MINDED, and so forth. Many songs are upbeat, and do convey multiple