Obama’s Two Mistakes That Lost the Country

Date: 29 Dec 2015 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On March 18, 2015, President Obama addressed the Cleveland Club. After his speech a 7th grader asked him, “If you could go back to the first day of your first term what advice would you give yourself?” Better that she would have inquired, “Given that the country was lost on your watch, what would you have done differently?” … Read More

The Real American Exceptionalism

Date: 18 Apr 2011 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 39 Facebooktwitterredditmail

America’s leaders are right. America is exceptional. But not in the way they assert. History has blessed America with unprecedented advantages, but we have not used them wisely. We are indeed number 1 among nations in many areas, but these are areas where being number 1 is a sign of failure, not success. … Read More