2015 in U.S.-Vietnam Relations: White House Chronicle

November 19, 2014 by

January 28, 2015: Lllewellyn and Linda sit down with Colin Jackson, Assistant Professor at Naval War College, to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. and Vietnam in the upcoming year.

Congress to Hear From an Army of Very Sick Petitioners

Llewellyn King

A different voice will be heard on Capitol Hill on May 12 to 15: a gentle, sad voice coming not from lobbyists or politicos but from an irregular army of sick people. It is a voice that has grown stronger in recent years but is still just a zephyr among the hurricane winds that blow […]

Photo Gallery: American College of the Building Arts

Linda Gasparello

Above Photo: The college occupies the 1897 Charleston City Railway Car House. The American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) in Charleston, S.C. is the seat of a renaissance in education. The college, opened in 2005, is creating “educated artisans” – modern-day Leonardo da Vincis. “Students complete an integrated liberal arts curriculum, where both academic and […]

The New Education — Chisels, Hammers, Saws and Dickens

Llewellyn King

Innovation and entrepreneurism, these are strains of the American Dream. That dream is simple: to be self-employed, to own your own business, to be answerable to customers and not to bosses, as well as to make a better living and to enjoy the benefits of the tax system that favors business. It may be fundamental […]

The Death of Martin Luther King Jr. and the End of Patriotism

Llewellyn King

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, was a shot that rang out like none other in the tumultuous 1960s. Washington and many other cities erupted in riots, mostly described as race riots, but I would aver. I was there. I walked the streets of the nation’s capital, saw the looting, […]