Leadership and Common Sense. What did Machiavelli and St Augustine have in common? Can we learn leadership from the failures of Napoleon? Why did President Lincoln's impeccable timing create a more equal nation? Join me in this fascinating conversation with Yale professor and Pulitzer Prize winner John Lewis Gaddis, author On Grand Strategy (Penguin Press 2018). From Ancient Greece to Ronald Reagan, Professor Gaddis traces a path of common sense and leadership for both the individual and the nation state. In a light hearted conversation filled with nuggets of brilliance (Professor Gaddis) travel through time to get a first hand glimpse of how successful leaders succeed.
Here is a link to Professor Gaddis's course https://jackson.yale.edu/academics/grand-strategy-program/

Human rights? Do they exist in a post Christian America? Can democracy even survive in a world without religion? John Daniel Davidson a senior editor at the Federalist https://fedsoc.org/ has written a soul searching and searing book Pagan America: The Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come. All the social issues of our times are touched by the role of religion in society. Join me for this thought provoking conversation. Learn. Listen. Engage.

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Trump. Presidential history was made this past week whether or not you agree or disagree with the verdict. The President of the United States of America. There is no other political office in the world like it. The 45 men who have filled the office have come from diverse backgrounds to embrace the many different challenges unique to the American experiment. Mary Carol Ghislin, a seasoned teacher and author has written a very charming and important book; Growing Up to Be President: U.S. history for kids (Journey to Freedom). BUT This isn't just for kids. Each of the 45 presidents are presented from a historian's perspective as Mary Carol Ghislin recounts relevant events of their respective childhoods that influenced their decision making. Presidents who were enslavers are who freed slaves are also noted along with each presidents position on civil rights and immigration. There is also a focus on Founding Fathers who were not presidents. From George Washington to the consequences of the Dred-Scott Case to Vietnam and fall of the Berlin Wall learn how US presidents have met each of these challenges. Our US democracy now more than ever needs both adults and children to Fill in the Knowledge Gap.