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I intended to skip most World War II memorials and historic sites when my son and I were in Berlin. Then, I went out to dinner with my sister-in-law and other family members. She is a native German, and she encouraged me, telling me that I could not understand Berlin if I did not understand […]

Grand Challenge: Transform U.S. Education > Idea: Remove traditional grade levels entirely, replacing them with mastery-based systems that let students progress based on demonstrated understanding rather than age or time spent. Grand Challenge: Repair US healthcare > Idea: monetize preventative care as a subscription service, incentivizing healthcare providers to keep populations healthy rather than treating

Elizabeth Lotardo launched the LinkedIn Learning course ‘Leading Yourself’ in 2017. In 2020, as the world moved into remote work and many employees yearned for deeper meaning, she updated the course, which took off. In 2024, her movement captured over 1M learners on LinkedIn Learning and launched a bestselling book by the same title. It’s

As I write this, I am traveling with my son, Gabe. He’s 24. This tradition started when he was three and has been missed only a few times for extenuating circumstances. This year is a transition as he starts graduate school in the fall studying sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. I lived

With family members, it is oh so obvious how connected we are. We know each other’s proclivities, each other’s likes and dislikes. It’s easy to see how a family is a unit that works together (albeit dysfunctionally at times) to get things done. It’s a little harder with a neighborhood these days for most. Some

You probably already know that my wife is an award-winning singer-songwriter here in DC. Her song, A Little Note, won the Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies) best song of the year when it came out. Her album, Heart of the Great Unknown, received a Wammie for Contemporary Folk Album when it debuted. That album has

As we celebrate one of America’s greatest leaders, Martin Luther King, Jr, it is important to recognize the powerful leaders he surrounded himself with such as his wife, Coretta Scott King, Bayard Rustin (pictured with King above), and Hosea Williams. Not only did Coretta Scott King raise their four children, but she also traveled around

Writing for All About Jazz, music critic David Rickert stated that the Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong collaborations were “a match made in heaven” and, “Their work together is a highlight of the 1950s, a busy time for classic vocal jazz records, and both were in fine form on these dates, Fitzgerald’s sweetly melodic voice