Don’t be distracted by the vision; focus on the problem statement: When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as [...]
Heard this quote I liked from NAMAC keynote speaker Gary Chapman of the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He was paraphrasing John Gardner: The nation is filled with opportunities disguised as insoluble problems. Gladiatress rip
There are so many overlapping assumptions and statements in this congressman’s statement it’s amazing. It’s also amazing how 40 years of history inures you to something viciously contested by minds great and small. On September 21st [1964], Congressman Donald C. Bruce of Indiana lashed out at the Daisy and Ice Cream ads at a Republican Ward [...]
