Where are the leaders

I wouldn’t want the American political system to be ours – not a chance – but I have to say here’s what I admire about it.  They know how to celebrate their leaders.  Think of the Washington Monument or Mount Rushmore or for that matter the Reagan airport.  They have President’s Day and movies about…

President Obama on the Parks bus

President Obama on the Rosa Parks bus I’m not sure how this pictures strikes you – not sure if you’re as connected to the history of this as I feel…but this is perhaps one of the most important, under reported photos of current news. Here’s the President of the Untied States, by constitutional architecture given balanced power…

Alexandria, Virginia

Last night I found myself in Alexandria, Virgina for meetings at National Headquarters over the next two days.  The hotel is not far from the Ronald Reagan National Aiport and thus the Potomac River.  I took a walk along King Street, a very quaint area for restaurants and shops.  Suddenly the police arrived and blocked…