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February 15, 2015 by White House Chronicle Leave a Comment

Congress to Hear From an Army of Very Sick Petitioners

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, […]

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