Perspectives of a Lifelong Learner
I got that urge to write. What is it anyway? I just need to write. Write about what? Write about whom? When does my Pulitzer Prize winning epiphany vault me to the book signing circuit? I know I know. I really need to get a grip. I don’t even have the subject let alone a... Continue Reading →
"And, therefore, the educated citizen has a special obligation to encourage the pursuit of learning, to promote exploration of the unknown, to preserve the freedom of inquiry, to support the advancement of research, and to assist at every level of government the improvement of education for all Americans, from grade school to graduate school" John... Continue Reading →
As Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s lawmakers took divergent paths, so did their economies--Since 2010, Minnesota’s economy has performed far better for working families than Wisconsin’s "Since the 2010 election of Governor Scott Walker in Wisconsin and Governor Mark Dayton in Minnesota, lawmakers in these two neighboring states have enacted vastly different policy agendas. Governor Walker... Continue Reading →
Make sure to turn on the volume!! https://youtu.be/RIz3klPET3o
Well, he's at it again. This time it is only three Californias. Tim Draper, the billionaire Bay Area venture capitalist, announced that his initiative to break California into three separate states had gotten more than 600,000 signatures from registered voters across all 58 counties, surpassing the 365,880 signatures required to get his initiative on the... Continue Reading →
In all deference to Elon Musk and the men and women at Tesla, this is my next vehicle!!! Having just returned from China I can verify that the horror stories of air pollution are true if not understated. It is reminiscent of LA in the sixties and seventies and may be as bad as London... Continue Reading →
For those of you, especially in the public service, that have not become acquainted with the Civitas Project I would suggest you do so. Developed and driven by Larry Arrington, the Civitas Project is a private, non-profit corporation in strategic alliance with Stetson University, its Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience and its Center for Community... Continue Reading →
"in the early 1990’s the image of the faceless governmental bureaucrat, top-down, regulatory minded, 'Administrative Man' was hypothetically replaced. Enter the champion of the New Public Management, the market driven “Economic Man. He is Reinventing Government---" "An expanded educational approach to civics and cultural literacy may serve to combat this narrow approach to governance. ... Continue Reading →
As a newly appointed member of the Editorial Board, I am pleased to share with my academic and practitioner friends and colleagues, the link to the State and Local Government Review. It serves as the official journal of the Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management (SIAM) of the American Society for Public Administration. Veteran members... Continue Reading →
This quarter I am teaching a graduate course in Public Management and Leadership. Part of last night's class focused on generational differences. Both Frances Kunreuther's essay: "The Changing of the Guard--What Generational Differences Tell Us About Social-Change Organizations," and a David Brooks video: "Humility in the Time of Me," served to generate an interesting discussion... Continue Reading →
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