Martin Morse Wooster: Book Man
An entire library was to Martin but an “after-dinner mint.” He daily consumed oceans of books, newspapers, and magazines on every subject imaginable and several beyond the imaginations of most…
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Martin Morse Wooster: Martin’s Genuine “Civic Participation”
Martin understood what real civic participation is—love of your neighbors, your local sports teams, and your local civic festivals. Hazlett recalls how Martin “viewed every parade, and devoured each spectacle.”…
Martin Morse Wooster: Big Martin vs. Big Philanthropy
Martin relentlessly hammered Big Philanthropy. On the one hand, he could write with deep appreciation of titans whose entrepreneurial genius allowed them to amass a fortune that would later be,…
Video: What Do Conservatives Have in Common with the Black Panthers?
Truth is often stranger than fiction. In 1967 the Black Panthers were the known as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. This early version of the Black Panthers had some…
Q&A with Welfare Reformer Jason Turner (Part 1 of 2)
Twenty-five years after enactment of state and federal work-based welfare reform, the executive director of the Secretaries’ Innovation Group covers the circumstances surrounding the reforms’ passage and the positive effects…
Q&A with Welfare Reformer Jason Turner (Part 2 of 2)
Twenty-five years after enactment of state and federal work-based welfare reform, the executive director of the Secretaries’ Innovation Group (SIG) addresses philanthropy and welfare reform, SIG, and application of the…
The Black Panthers Promoted the Second Amendment and Private Schools
The Black Panthers were nobody’s idea of responsible gun ownership in 1977. But it didn’t start out that way. In 1967 they were the known as the Black Panther Party…