Politicians often lament they can “campaign in poetry” but have to “govern in prose.” It’s always easier to make promises than laws, after all. But with our politics today poisoned by partisan rancor, 2023 is the perfect moment for lawmakers to unite our divided country around an ...
Why do CEOs obsess over talent management? In “Good to Great,” the iconic business book published in 2001, author Jim Collins identified a surprising finding. The companies that transitioned from good to great began their ascent by deliberately getting the right people on the team — ...
Police excess gained huge attention after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020 and again after the alleged beating death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis last month. But police excess isn’t new. A friend, who had been drinking and could be quite truculent when drunk, was severely ...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, did all Pennsylvanians a favor in January by making 92 percent of state government jobs open to anyone without a four-year college degree. This is a significant step in fighting the curse of “credentialism” — the widely held belief that you ...
For many people, the most notable date in February is Valentine’s Day. But for those familiar with the history of rock music, two others stand out: Feb. 3, 1959 — “the day the music died,” as Don McLean described it in his 1971 hit “American Pie” — and Feb. 9, 1964, when the ...
Although February is the shortest calendar month of the year, it has served as one of the most significant months for momentous musical events — both happy and sad. On February 3, 1959, a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, took the lives of promising young rock musicians Buddy Holly, ...