There is always a euphoria that accompanies any major electoral success. Since the beginning of American electoral politics, those who win inevitably declare that they have received a mandate from those who voted them into office. And the 2016 election was no different. As political pundits dissect what went wrong...
MORE ABOUT Molly Hanson Molly Hanson is a 30-year old Des Moines native with a passion for the outdoors and conservation in Iowa. She attended Johnston schools and the University of Northern Iowa where she graduated with an Earth Science degree and a minor in Geology. Molly has worked in the...
ni-hil-ism noun -the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless. -extreme skepticism maintaining that nothing in the world has a real existence. When I told the two people that help me with this blog that I was going to write a piece...
MORE ABOUT Scott Raecker Scott Raecker serves as Director of The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University (formerly known as Character Counts In Iowa) – a position he has held since the work of the center was founded by former Governor Robert D. Ray as a lasting legacy...
Since its inception in 2007, 640 College or University Presidents have signed the American Colleges and Universities Presidents Climate Commitment. Truth be told, people who do what I do for a living are asked to sign things all of the time. From climate commitments to theological statements, it seems like...
High school seniors, and juniors should be filled with a mixture of anticipation, excitement and anxiety as they think about what lies ahead of them. As they decide which college to attend or job to seek, some students already know which career paths they want to follow and many others...
The first blog post on my site, besides "About My Blog", is titled "Leadership Matters For A Changing World". In it, I quote James Davidson Hunter's book, To Change The World. My new video interview series has taken inspiration from it as, I believe, it deserves much more thought from...
This op-ed was originally published in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald on Sunday, November 21st, 2016. It’s college rating season, which means that it’s the time of year administrators scroll through US News and World Report, Newsweek, Forbes, The Princeton Review, and the Wall Street Journal to see how their institutions...
As my readers know, the purpose of this blog is to address topics related to the subject of leadership. I’ve tried to achieve that goal through short essays, book reviews, editorials, and general observations about our culture. I’ve also tried to stay away from direct political commentary. There’s already enough...
This post, titled; "Iowa's failure to address mental health affects more than jails", was published on September 19th in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Erin Murphy’s recent story (“Iowa sheriffs at the front lines of mental health crisis”) does an excellent job of defining part of the tragic shortcomings of...
