As everyone arrived that Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 6 pm at the Spring Garden Chinese restaurant, I handed them a booklet, a description of sequestration and an account of a meeting between President Obama and House Speaker Boehner. After introductions, I...
We met on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 7 PM, ate Chinese food in Silver Spring, MD, and talked. The entire face of higher education has changed. Distance learning has morphed into online doctorate degrees and free non-credit courses being offered around the...
We met in a suburban Chinese restaurant at 7 pm November 8, 2012. We were experiencing questionable weather from the system that landed snow in New Jersey and points north. Nevertheless, a group of women arrived. They were enthusiastic about the outcome of the...
The presidential battle ended with panache last night. Today is Wednesday, November 7, 2012. We have a new President, like it or not. There was a general feeling of relief that was either happiness with the winner or happiness that the endless political ads have...
Here we are at a finale of the freedom to participate in our democratic process in a great way. We discussed humanitarian policy for global security, watched the President of the United States of America debate a challenger days before we all have the option of...
It was Tuesday, October 16, 2012. The evening was charged with excitement as the first guests arrived a full half hour early. There were seven seating arrangements ready to receive the seven facilitators and their guests for a policy discussion of Jeff...
It was Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 7 pm. I waited at a Washington, DC restaurant’s upstairs area for people that had been invited to attend the vice-presidential debate. It was to follow an introduction to Interactivity Foundation (IF) history and process and a...
Interactivity Foundation The United States Democratic Promise Public Policy Discussion at 1st Presidential Debate It was a wonderful occasion. People arrived and introduced themselves to each other. You could feel the anticipation. Everyone was ready. Dr...
One definition of civil is of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state. It seems simply stated until you remember that it has taken a steady stream of acts of law since 1776 to lay an oft ignored foundation of suggested...
Why is something that is so universally necessary so controversial? The topic of energy stimulated hours of thoughtful discussion. The discussion went from debating whether food should be grown for ethanol when people need food to live to how can we curb the...