Radio Discussion on Keeping the “American Dream” Alive and Well On 29 July 2011, I took part in a timely radio discussion hosted by Dr. Howard Gluss, a clinical psychologist and film and television expert from Los Angeles. I shared the hour with Melissa Febos, another author. The section of the broadcast focusing on my book Failing Liberty 101 is the second thirty...

More Thoughts on Civic Purpose I’d like to share with you my article, “American Amnesia,” published July 1, 2011,  in Defining Ideas, a Hoover Institution Journal, which explores our national crisis of young people failing...

Civic Purpose among American Youth Today Political knowledge and interest among the young has been in decline for fifty years. Although some of today’s young are active in civic and political affairs, there are huge gaps in the interest and participation of the broader youth population. Such gaps can be found in voting patterns, political...