It’s easy to look at the challenges America is facing and ask whether Washington is doing enough. But as America approaches its 250th anniversary, there’s another question worth asking: Are we doing our job as citizens? Are we doing our part to live up to the revolutionary idea of self-government that our founders wrote into […]

We like to talk about innovation like it’s spontaneous — a lightning bolt. And while the spark of innovation can feel like a revelation, innovation isn’t an accident. As the examples below show, innovation follows a pattern. A creator: Identifies a need Develops a solution Tests their innovation Improves it over time Freedom drives innovation. […]

“We hold these truths to be self-evident …” You probably know the rest of this sentence by heart. Generations of Americans have read, repeated, and reflected on those words since the founders penned them in the summer of 1776. Few documents have changed the course of history as much as the Declaration of Independence. But […]