Dale Kooyenga

The primary purpose of upstream thinking is to improve people’s lives over the long haul.

“The American war production job was probably the greatest collective achievement of all time.”

Nice guys finish last. In politics, sharp-elbowed opponents and a cynical media do what they can to make sure that’s the case.

To Crenshaw, fortitude is strength in the face of adversity, an appreciation of duty, and the love of a challenge.

The book, Twelve Years a Slave, is a memoir written by former slave Solomon Northup in 1853 and, as is often the case, it is even more powerful than the movie.

Alberta’s book describes a politics that has devolved into a reality television show.

These are individuals that have made politics their religion – their Salvation comes from their favorite politician and the party is their church.

The 2020 book, The Politics Industry by Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter, examines how the incentives our political system creates stand in the way of solving these seemingly intractable problems.

The imperative to protect cultural icons exists today as much as ever, and it has come closer to home.

The future of our country will ride in part on how the characters in Hillbilly Elegy view the prospects not just for our country’s future, but for their own future.